Reuben

In the southern Transjordanian Mishor (plateau), an area that changed hands between Israelites and Moabites, there once lived two neighboring tribes, Gadites and Dibonites.

A new solution to why Canaan (not Ham) was cursed.

Reuben’s sin and its consequences in the Torah, Pseudepigrapha and Midrash.

The older Northern version of the Jacob story was heavily supplemented by later Southern authors, yielding more sons of Jacob, new explanations of their names, and a much more fecund Leah.

The historical symbolism of the twelve tribes and the geographical significance of the tribe of Benjamin.