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“On Account of the Cushite Woman that Moses Took”: Race and Gender in Modern Hebrew Poems about Numbers 12

Zierler·2010·Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues
DOI 10.2979/nas.2010.-.19.34
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Abstract

If Hebrew poems on biblical subjects can be read as forms of modern midrash, the diversity of this midrashic form may be considered by examining the ways in which three modern Hebrew poets reread Numbers 12, which narrates Miriam's response to Moses' "taking" a Cushite woman. The first part of this paper looks at "Vatedaber Miriam beMoshe," a ballad-sermon by American Hebrew poet Ephraim Lisitzky (1885–1962); inspired by the form and content of Negro sermons, it indicts Miriam as a kind of southern white racist. The second part considers two poems by Yokheved Bat-Miriam (1901–1980) that champion Miriam as a foremother of women's poetry and prophecy. The final section is devoted to a poem by Rivka Miriam that reads Numbers 12 against the grain of both earlier poets, focusing instead on the symbolic role of the Cushite woman. Reading these three poems side by side creates a poetic engagement with Numbers 12 that highlights and accentuates the tensions and perplexities arising from the text and illustrates how different ideological points of view actually play out in three poems that happen to take the same biblical chapter as their takeoff point.

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Authors
Zierler
Corresponding author
Zierler
Venue
Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Published
2010
Issue
19
Pages
34
ISSN
0793-8934 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2979/nas.2010.-.19.34
OpenAlex
W2066040094
Semantic Scholar
2fbd7796cc7ff33c30251970cfbe5ce290518c35
Cited by
2
References
18
Citations by year
2022: 1 · 2012: 1
FWCI
6.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Nashim A Journal of Jewish Women s Studies & Gender Issues (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Literature and Literary Theory › Poetry Analysis and Criticism
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Theological Perspectives and Practices
Keywords
Numbers 12, Miriam, modern Hebrew poetry, race, gender, racism, women's poetry, prophecy

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