The composition of numbers 32: A new proposal

Liane M. Marquis

doi:10.1163/15685330-12341122

The composition of numbers 32: A new proposal

Liane M. Marquis

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This paper addresses the compositional history of the story of the apportionment of the Transjordan to the Reubenites and Gadites in Numbers 32. After a detailed study of the narrative difficulties within this chapter, it is argued that Numbers 32 contains two independent stories and a post-compilational insertion. Each of the two stories is then analyzed on its own terms and placed within its broader Pentateuchal context.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	408-432
Number of pages	25
Journal	Vetus Testamentum
Volume	63
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/15685330-12341122
State	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes

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Language and Linguistics
History
Religious studies
Linguistics and Language
Literature and Literary Theory

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Numbers
Pentateuch
documentary hypothesis

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