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“For Moses Had Indeed Married a Cushite Woman”: The LORD’s Prophet Married Well

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Winslow, Karen Strand·2011·lectio difficilior
DOI 10.36950/ld.01.2011.12945
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Abstract

Moderne Wissenschaftler sind lange Zeit von der Annahme ausgegangen, dass es sich bei der Erwähnung der kuschitischen Frau in Numeri 12 um einen unwichtigen Einleitungsvers handelt; als zentral wurde in dieser Erzählung der Wunsch von Miriam und Aaron nach Gleichbehandlung mit Moses gesehen. Frühere Exegeten dieses Textes hingegen konnten einen Zusammenhang zwischen Moses’ kuschitischer Frau und der Auseinandersetzung über die Prophetie aufzeigen. Gott bestätigt sowohl den einzigartigen prophetischen Status von Moses, als auch seine Heirat mit einer fremden Frau. So kann Numeri 12 mit anderen Texten der Tora und des jüdischen Schrifttums verglichen werden, die Esras und Nehemias Strategie „fremde Frauen“ abzulehnen und die Exogamie zu verbieten, ablehnen.[1]

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Karen Strand Winslow argues that Numbers 12:1’s Cushite wife is not a mere pretext but is fundamentally linked to the dispute over Moses’ prophetic authority, and that the LORD’s rebuke affirms both Moses’ unique prophetic status and his marriage. She reads the final form of Numbers 12 as a Second Temple polemic supporting certain exogamy against Ezra-Nehemiah’s exclusionary marriage policies.

Key findings

  • Winslow rejects modern readings (Milgrom, Gray, Noth) that the Cushite wife is only a pretext or unrelated insertion; she argues the narrator’s v. 1 statement is primary and the complaint about prophecy in v. 2 is related to it.
  • In Numbers 12:6–8, the LORD distinguishes Moses from all other prophets: others receive visions/dreams, but Moses is spoken to “mouth to mouth,” visibly, and beholds the LORD’s likeness; Miriam is punished with skin scales and shut outside the camp seven days.
  • The passage’s pedagogical effect is that protesters against those who married “foreigners”—especially priestly and prophetic leaders—are impertinent and should be reprimanded; the Torah redactors supported exogamy, but only when the foreign wife adheres to Israel’s god and distinguishing rituals.
  • The article contrasts Numbers 12 with Ezra, Nehemiah, and Malachi, arguing Numbers 12 provides evidence that Torah redactors resisted the “pure seed” party’s exclusionary practices; it also notes Numbers 11’s seventy elders received Moses’ spirit and prophesied.

Methods

  • Literary-exegetical and redactional analysis of Numbers 12 in its final canonical form, read in narrative context with Numbers 11 and the broader Torah.
  • Compares ancient Jewish and Christian interpretation (e.g., Philo, Sifre, Targums, Josephus) with modern commentaries (Gray, Milgrom, Noth, Camp, Douglas, Fischer).
  • Uses Hebrew wordplay on *dbr b* (“speak against/with/through”) and Second Temple historical context (Ezra-Nehemiah, Malachi) to argue about exogamy debates.

Limitations

  • Stated: The paper says we cannot determine with absolute certainty the timing of insertions or combining of traditions in Torah material; it therefore analyzes implications of the final form.
  • Stated: It acknowledges that whether the Cushite wife is Zipporah divides early interpreters and that the Greek version does not identify her as Zipporah.
  • Evident: The argument is interpretive and depends on redactional inference and canonical final-form reading; it does not present new empirical data or manuscript evidence, and its socio-historical claims about Second Temple groups are reconstructions from texts.

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  • Findingreasoning
    § Numbers 12

    In Numbers 12, no prophetic spirit was transferred.

    “In chapter 12, no prophetic spirit was transferred.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • Findingcitation
    § Numbers 12

    The LORD directly informed Miriam and Aaron that he speaks to no other prophet besides Moses mouth to mouth.

    “Instead, the LORD stood at the entrance to the tent of meeting, called Miriam and Aaron out of the tent (Moses stayed inside), and directly informed them that he speaks to no other prophet besides Moses mouth to mouth.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • Findingnone given
    § Conclusion

    The narrative in Ezra claims that indigenous wives were strange and foreign, to be likened to the expelled Canaanites during the time of Joshua.

    “The narrative there claims that indigenous wives were strange and foreign, to be likened to the expelled Canaanites during the time of Joshua.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • Findingreasoning
    § Numbers 12

    Complaints against Moses' exogamy, even by Miriam and Aaron, were punishable by the shame of skin scales and expulsion from the camp.

    “Complaints against Moses' exogamy -even by Miriam and Aaron -were punishable by the shame of skin scales and expulsion from the camp.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim
  • Interpretationcitation
    § Numbers 12

    The explanatory clause and subsequent redactor confirmation reasonably imply that Moses' marriage to the Cushite was more recent than his earlier marriage to Zipporah.

    “Furthermore, as Gray points out, the explanatory clause (on account of his Cushite wife) and the subsequent redactor confirmation”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites Gray

      Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.

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  • May combine two claims. 17
  • The quote only partly states this claim. 1

  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing).

    Findingreasoning
    § Numbers 12

    Miriam's punishment for her complaint corresponds to the fire and the plagues that befell Israel in chapter 11.

    “Miriam's punishment for her complaint corresponds to the fire and the plagues that befell Israel in chapter 11.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim

  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing), S4 (based). May combine two claims.

    Findingnone given
    § Numbers 12

    Miriam bears the shame for their complaint and her impurity through skin scales is reiterated when she dies in Numbers 20 and there is no water for purification.

    “Miriam bears the shame for their complaint and her impurity through skin scales is reiterated when she dies in Numbers 20 and there is no water for purification.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim

  • Classified as probably not a substantial claim.

    Findingnone given
    § Numbers 12

    The narrator associates Miriam and Aaron's pique about prophesying with Moses' marriage to a Cushite, without making explicit the nature of this connection.

    “The narrator associates their pique about prophesying with Moses' marriage to a Cushite, without making explicit the nature of this connection.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim

  • Classified as probably not a substantial claim.

    Findingreasoning
    § Numbers 12

    The context indicates that the words 'and she spoke against Moses' are a complaint-hostile speech.

    “The context indicates that wtdbr bmo4 s] h is a complaint -it is”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim

  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S2 (checkable).

    Findingreasoning
    § Numbers 12

    The elders selected in response to Moses' complaint were of questionable assistance.

    “The elders selected in response to Moses' complaint were of questionable assistance.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim

  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing). May combine two claims.

    Findingnone given
    § Survey of Numbers

    Motifs found elsewhere in Numbers are reiterated in Numbers 12: Israel's complaints and the LORD's angry responses, and the tension between shared leadership and Moses' unique role as the mouthpiece for the LORD.

    “Motifs found elsewhere in Numbers are reiterated in Numbers 12: Israel's complaints and the LORD's angry responses (Numbers 11 and 25) and the tension between shared leadership and Moses' unique role as the mouthpiece for the LORD (Numbers 7, 11:14-25, 16:1-50).”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim

  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing). May combine two claims.

    Findingreasoning
    § Numbers 12

    In both Numbers 11 and Numbers 12, the LORD appeared in the pillar of a cloud.

    “In both cases, the LORD appeared in the pillar of a cloud.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim

  • Classified as probably not a substantial claim.

    Findingreasoning
    § Numbers 12

    Miriam's shame is contrasted to the LORD's affirmation of Moses' Cushite wife.

    “Miriam's shame is contrasted to the LORD's affirmation of Moses' Cushite wife.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim

  • Classified as probably not a substantial claim.

    Findingreasoning
    § Numbers 12

    The LORD addressed what Miriam and Aaron said, and not the narrator's insight.

    “The LORD, however, addressed what they said, and not the narrator's insight.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim

  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing).

    Findingreasoning
    § Numbers 12

    The seventy elders of Numbers 11 received some of the spirit of Moses, leading them to prophesy.

    “The seventy elders of Numbers 11 received some of the spirit of Moses leading them to”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim

  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing).

    Findingnone given
    § Numbers 12

    Moses beheld the form of the LORD.

    “Not only that, but Moses beheld the form of the LORD.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim

  • May combine two claims.

    Findingreasoning
    § Conclusion

    Numbers 25 and 31 demonstrate that those women who serve as conduits for Israel's submission to other gods threaten Israel's survival and must be avoided.

    “Numbers 25 and 31 demonstrate that those women who serve as conduits for Israel's submission to other gods threaten Israel's survival and must be avoided.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim

  • Classified as probably not a substantial claim.

    Findingown data
    § Numbers 12

    The tent of meeting, Moses' regular meeting place with the LORD, and the LORD speaking there figure prominently in both Numbers 11 and Numbers 12.

    “The tent of meeting, Moses' regular meeting place with the LORD, and the LORD speaking there also figure prominently in both accounts.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim

  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing).

    Findingcitation
    § Numbers 12

    In his rebuke of Miriam and Aaron in Numbers 12:6-8, the LORD told them that he speaks with Moses mouth to mouth.

    “In his rebuke of Miriam and Aaron in 12:6-8, the LORD told them that he speaks with (and even against) Moses”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [22]

      Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.

  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing).

    Interpretationreasoning
    § Numbers 12

    Chapter 11 is foundational for Miriam and Aaron's complaint.

    “Indeed, chapter 11 is foundational for their complaint.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim

  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S4 (based).

    Interpretationnone given
    § Survey of Numbers

    Numbers 12, Miriam and Aaron's complaint at Hazeroth, replicates concerns found throughout Numbers about foreign relations, domestic relations, and divine relations.

    “Numbers 12, Miriam and Aaron's complaint at Hazeroth replicates concerns found throughout Numbers about: 1) foreign relations, or good and bad outsiders, 2) domestic relations, or power struggles within an ordered community, and 3) divine relations, i.e., contact between humans and the invisible deity who authorizes their roles and functions by various manifestations of”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim

  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S4 (based). May combine two claims.

    Premisenone given
    § Introduction

    Moses' wives were not Canaanites, but they were outsiders to Israel.

    “Moses' wives were not Canaanites, but they were outsiders to Israel.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim

  • Classified as probably not a substantial claim.

    Interpretationreasoning
    § Conclusion

    This is an example of textual (if not social/political) ethnicity construction.

    “This is an example of textual (if not social/political) ethnicity construction.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim

  • Classified as probably not a substantial claim. May combine two claims.

    Interpretationreasoning
    § Numbers 12

    The answer the narratives provide is that no other elder, priest, or prophet possessed the measure of the spirit given to Moses or enjoyed a regular intimate audience with the LORD.

    “The answer they provide is this: although he claimed to need help”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim

  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S2 (checkable). May combine two claims.

    Interpretationreasoning
    § Numbers 12

    The reference to Moses' Cushite marriage cannot be minimized on the assumption that it is not significant or that it is not related to the complaint about prophecy.

    “It cannot be minimized on the assumption that it not significant (Noth), or that it is not related to the complaint about prophecy (Gray).”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 2 sources checked
    • cites Noth

      Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.

    • cites Gray

      Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.

  • May combine two claims.

    Premisecitation
    § Introduction

    Second Temple writings such as Ezra, Nehemiah, and Malachi demonstrate that exogamy was both practiced and resisted during the period in which Jewish scribes produced and preserved authoritative Scriptures, including the Torah/Pentateuch.

    “Second Temple writings such as Ezra, Nehemiah, and Malachi demonstrate that exogamy was both practiced and resisted during the period in which Jewish scribes produced and preserved authoritative Scriptures, including the Torah/Pentateuch.4”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [4]

      Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.

  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing).

    Interpretationcitation
    § Numbers 12

    In Numbers 12 Miriam and Aaron, representing prophetic and priestly leadership in Israel, enter the deliberations about prophecy and authority in Israel.

    “In Numbers 12 Miriam and Aaron, representing prophetic and priestly leadership in Israel, enter the deliberations about prophecy and authority in Israel.14”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [14]

      Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.

  • Classified as probably not a substantial claim.

    Interpretationcitation
    § Numbers 12

    The LORD's declaration that Moses was a unique prophet, more intimate with the LORD than any other, is expressed through the image 'mouth to mouth' (12:8).

    “The LORD's declaration that Moses was a unique prophet, more intimate with the LORD than any other, is expressed through an image Howard Eilberg Schwartz considers sensual:”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [19]

      Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.

  • Classified as probably not a substantial claim. May combine two claims.

    Interpretationreasoning
    § Numbers 12

    Both Numbers 11 and Numbers 12 treat Moses' prophetic role and raise it above that of other leaders in Israel.

    “In addition, both accounts treat Moses' prophetic role and raise it above that of other leaders in Israel.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim

  • May combine two claims.

    Interpretationreasoning
    § Numbers 12

    Because his Cushite wife was the cause of Miriam and Aaron's complaint against Moses, his marriage to her was affirmed by the LORD's reproof of the critics.

    “Because his Cushite wife (as stated at the outset) was the cause of Miriam and Aaron's complaint against Moses, his marriage to her was affirmed by the LORD's reproof of the critics.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim

  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S2 (checkable).

    Interpretationreasoning
    § Numbers 12

    No function of Zipporah, Miriam, and the Cushite can ever be eliminated from the narrative.

    “The result may be tension in the text, but no function of Zipporah, Miriam, and the Cushite can ever be eliminated.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim

  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S4 (based).

    Interpretationnone given
    § Conclusion

    The book of Ezra constructed an identity for returned exiles in the land of Yehud by defining a Jew as one who had experienced exile.

    “The book of Ezra constructed an identity for returned exiles in the land of Yehud by defining a Jew as one who had experienced exile.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim

  • The quote only partly states this claim.

    Interpretationreasoning
    § Numbers 12

    Miriam and Aaron were chastised for speaking against Moses by speaking about the LORD speaking with or through Moses alone.

    “Miriam and Aaron were chastised for speaking”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim

  • Classified as probably not a substantial claim.

    Interpretationreasoning
    § Numbers 12

    This applies to those opposed to the marriages of male Jews who had been exiled to indigenous women of the land of Persian Yehud, Shecaniah, Ezra, and Nehemiah.

    “This applies to those opposed the marriages of male Jews who had been exiled to indigenous women of the land of Persian Yehud, Shecaniah, Ezra, and Nehemiah.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim

  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S4 (based). May combine two claims.

    Interpretationnone given
    § Numbers 12

    The narratives of Numbers 11 and Numbers 12 are both focused on the question: who was a prophet like Moses?

    “The narratives of Numbers 11 and Numbers 12 are both focused on the question: who was a prophet like Moses?”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim

  • Classified as probably not a substantial claim.

    Interpretationreasoning
    § Numbers 12

    If there is any pretext in Numbers 12, the words Miriam and Aaron spoke in verse 2 would seem the more likely pretext for the real complaint revealed by the narrator in verse 1.

    “For, as it stands, if there is any”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim

  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S3 (load-bearing).

    Premisecitation
    § Numbers 12

    The purity laws affirm that the same laws apply both to the ger and to the Israelite.

    “The purity laws affirm that the same laws apply both to the ger and to the Israelite (Numbers 9:14; 15:14-16; 26, 29-30; 19:10; 35:15).”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites Numbers 9:14; 15:14-16; 26, 29-30; 19:10; 35:15

      Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.

  • Classified as probably not a substantial claim. May combine two claims.

    Interpretationreasoning
    § Introduction

    Numbers 12 presents the finale in a series of scenes that affirm the uniqueness of Moses as the transmitter of the LORD's spirit and his most intimate conversation partner.

    “Then I will focus on Numbers 11-12 to point out that Numbers 12 presents the finale in a series of scenes that affirm the uniqueness of Moses as the transmitter of the LORD's spirit and his most intimate conversation partner.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim

  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S2 (checkable). May combine two claims.

    Study design and conductnone given
    § Numbers 12

    The timing of insertions or of the combining of traditions in Torah material cannot be determined with absolute certainty, but the implications of its final form can be analyzed.

    “We cannot determine with absolute certainty the timing of insertions or of the combining of traditions in Torah material, but we can analyze the implications of its final form.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim

  • Classified as probably not a substantial claim. May combine two claims.

    Interpretationcitation
    § Numbers 12

    Miriam and Aaron's statement implies that they saw prophesying as a restricted privilege, but they were missing the benefits they believed Moses was given and the status that should have had.

    “In contrast to Moses, who wished that all of the LORD's people would prophesy (Numbers 11:29), Miriam and Aaron's statement implies that they saw prophesying as a restricted privilege, but they were missing the benefits they believed Moses was given, and the status that should have had.23”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites [23]

      Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.

  • May combine two claims.

    Interpretationreasoning
    § Introduction

    The mention of Moses' Cushite wife in Numbers 12 is not a pretext; Miriam and Aaron's complaint against Moses was on account of his Cushite wife.

    “Thus, I argue here that the information conveyed in v 1 is not a pretext.To the contrary, the storyteller in Numbers wants us to understand that Miriam and Aaron's complaint against Moses was, as the text says, on account of his Cushite wife.”
    • Also stated in: § Numbers 12 · plain
      “It is not simply a pretext for their”
    • Also stated in: § Numbers 12 · plain
      “The notice that Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses on account of his Cushite wife requires that we consider Moses' marriage to a Cushite to be of primary relevance for interpreting the text as it stands.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim

  • Classified as probably not a substantial claim.

    Interpretationreasoning
    § Numbers 12

    The LORD's reproof of Miriam and Aaron implies that if the LORD had been displeased with Moses' marriage, he would have told Moses himself.

    “Implied is that if the LORD had been displeased with Moses' marriage, he would have told Moses himself.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim

  • Classified as probably not a substantial claim.

    Premisecitation
    § Numbers 12

    The editor of Numbers resisted the exclusionary practices of Ezra and Nehemiah in that he insisted that contact with the outsider was not defiling - idolatry was.

    “the editor of Numbers resisted the exclusionary practices of Ezra and Nehemiah in that he insisted that contact with the outsider was not defiling -idolatry was.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim0 of 1 sources checked
    • cites Douglas

      Couldn’t be matched to a paper in Crossref, so it can’t be checked.

  • Classified as probably not a substantial claim. May combine two claims.

    Interpretationreasoning
    § Numbers 12

    The incidents at Kibroth-hata'avah (Numbers 11) and Hazeroth (Numbers 12) are intentionally juxtaposed and hold much in common, with significant differences.

    “The incidents at Kibroth-hata'avah (ch 11) and Hazeroth (ch 12) are intentionally juxtaposed and hold much in common, with significant differences.”
    Quote in the paperSubstantial claim

  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S2 (checkable). May combine two claims.

    Interpretationreasoning
    § Numbers 12

    The pedagogical effect of this narrative is that protesters against those who married 'foreigners', especially the priestly and prophetic leaders, are impertinent and should be reprimanded.

    “By implication then, the pedagogical effect of this narrative is that protesters against those who married”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim

  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S2 (checkable).

    Interpretationreasoning
    § Numbers 12

    It was not up to Miriam and Aaron to oppose Moses' marriage.

    “In any case, it was not up to Miriam and Aaron to oppose it.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim

  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S4 (based).

    Premisenone given
    § Introduction

    Biblical and post-biblical Jewish tradition has given Moses a place of preeminence among biblical heroes-over all other mortals, and, in some cases, angels.

    “Biblical and post-biblical Jewish tradition has given Moses a place of preeminence among biblical heroes -over all other mortals, and, in some cases, angels.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim

  • Probably not a substantial claim: may not pass S2 (checkable).

    Interpretationnone given
    § Numbers 12

    Identifying Moses' Cushite wife as Zipporah is not an obvious rendering of the passage.

    “It also assumes that this wife is Zipporah, which is not an obvious rendering of the passage.”
    Quote in the paperNot a substantial claim
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  • The paper relies on this without support.

    The final form of the biblical text is the appropriate basis for determining the redactors' views.

    “can analyze the implications of its final form.”
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Research works printed but not linked: 2

  1. the Creation of Israelite National Identity, SBLSS (Atlanta: Scholars Press), 1993;
  2. John F. Stack Jr.; New York: Greenwood Press, 1986), 161-84;

Authors
Winslow, K. S.
Corresponding author
Winslow, Karen Strand
Venue
lectio difficilior
Publisher
University of Bern
Published
2011-01-01
Issue
01
ISSN
1661-3317 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.36950/ld.01.2011.12945
OpenAlex
W7126051320
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91847e1383be85347f309412e1ef3a82e11328fd
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lectio difficilior (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
  • Social Sciences › Education › Qur’anic Interpretation Studies
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Religion, Theology, History, Judaism, Christianity
Keywords
Numbers 12, Moses, Miriam, Aaron, prophetic status, exogamy, foreign women, Ezra-Nehemiah, biblical exegesis

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