RT Article
T1 A Sign in the Dark: Moses’s Cushite Wife and Boundary Setting in the Book of Numbers

JF Biblical interpretation
VO 24
IS 2
SP 153
OP 177
A1 Serino, Ron
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2016
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/154814584X
AB Sitting at a primary intersection of gender and ethnicity in the book of Numbers is the figure of the Cushite woman in Numbers 12. Who is this Cushite, and why does she materialize seemingly out of nowhere, only to disappear as fast as she appeared? In order to explore ways that gender and ethnicity were used to define boundaries and construct identity in post-exilic Judah, this paper investigates the role that this Cushite plays in the narrative of Numbers and the ideology behind her enigmatic portrayal.

K1 Feminist
 : deconstruction
 : ethnicity
 : Cushite
 : Numbers
 : Midianites

DO 10.1163/15685152-00242p02