Prof. Sara Milstein is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible and Near Eastern Studies in the Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies at the University of British Columbia. She holds a Ph.D. from the Hebrew and Judaic Studies Department at New York University. Milstein is the author of Making a Case: The Practical Roots of Biblical Law; Tracking the Master Scribe: Revision through Introduction in Biblical and Mesopotamian Literature; and co-author (with Daniel Fleming) of The Buried Foundation of the Gilgamesh Epic: The Akkadian Huwawa Narrative.
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Upon a childless husband's death, Deuteronomy states "his wife shall not marry a strange man outside." This phrase originated as a contract clause, and the case was a practice exercise for scribes who were learning contract clauses.
Upon a childless husband's death, Deuteronomy states "his wife shall not marry a strange man outside." This phrase originated as a contract clause, and the case was a practice exercise for scribes who were learning contract clauses.
Why is the Benjaminite city of Gibeah portrayed as another Sodom—and who is the anonymous Levite from Ephraim who arrives there with his concubine?
Why is the Benjaminite city of Gibeah portrayed as another Sodom—and who is the anonymous Levite from Ephraim who arrives there with his concubine?
