Published 2010
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“…Moses' unsuccessful attempt to resolve disputes reflects an attempt to enforce the covenant code -- Surviving the construction industry : Pharaoh's decrees force the Israelites to violate the Sabbath and the covenant code -- The remains of the day : Manna, God's seed, is resurrected by the Sabbath like the resurrection of two boys by Elijah and Elisha -- Overexposed : the Israelites' suspicion that Moses had violated the prohibition of exposing one's nakedness before God leads to the sin of the golden calf -- Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow : 'the morrow of the Sabbath' in Leviticus 23:11-17 commemorates a 'high-handed' exodus -- So goodbye, dear, and amen : the priestly
law of the jealous husband transforms the deuteronomic
law of divorce -- Divine dermatology : Miriam's scale disease resembles a food forbidden in Leviticus 11 and constitutes a hidden polemic condoning intermarriage -- Holy war : interplay between the deuteronomic
law of warfare (Deuteronomy 20:1-4), Exodus 14, and Isaiah 52:7-12 -- Blood suckers : the deuteronomic
law of Amalek reflects the concern for underdogs -- Le(vite) divorce : the fate of the concubine at Giveah reflects the deuteronomic
law of divorce -- Le mariage : the Benjaminites'
marriage echoes the holiness code's
marriage sacrament described in the
law of the horticultural holiness (Leviticus 19:23-25) -- Hemorrhoid city : the Philistines' plague of hemorrhoids alludes to Pharaoh's fecal heart syndrome and to a deuteronomic
law regarding the disposal of excrement -- Sticks and stones : holiness code's
law of the blasphemer and Talion
law allude to events involving Shimei the Son of Gera and Goliath -- Beyond the fringes : the tassel
law cited in Ruth counters anti-davidic polemics associated with Tamar and Lot's daughters --…”
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