Dr. Aslan Cohen Mizrahi is Perilman Postdoctoral Fellow at Duke University. Born and raised in Mexico City, he received his PhD in Hebrew Bible from the University of Chicago. His interests range from the conceptualization of authority in biblical literature to Jewish engagements with biblical texts after the Shoah. He is currently preparing a monograph on sovereignty in the Priestly narrative of the Torah.
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May 27, 2026
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A husband who suspects his wife of adultery is obligated to bring her before YHWH to undergo a unique test of innocence or guilt. The woman’s hair is provocatively disheveled, and a foul-smelling barley offering is presented on her behalf, attracting YHWH’s negative attention and prompting Him to identify—and violently punish—any concealed sexual transgression.
A husband who suspects his wife of adultery is obligated to bring her before YHWH to undergo a unique test of innocence or guilt. The woman’s hair is provocatively disheveled, and a foul-smelling barley offering is presented on her behalf, attracting YHWH’s negative attention and prompting Him to identify—and violently punish—any concealed sexual transgression.
