Desert Transformations: Studies in the Book of Numbers

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Preface
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Wandering the Desert: A Survey into the Present Volume and Beyond
Literature, History and Ideology
	Torah Becoming a Blessing: Narratological Impulses for Understanding the Book of Numbers
	The Compositional Relief of Numbers Within the Five Books of the Torah
	Old Pieces – Late Bridges? The Role of the Book of Numbers in Recent Discussion of the Pentateuch
	Understanding the Pentateuch by Structuring the Desert: Num 21 as Compositional Joint
	Living in the Midst of the Land: Issues of Centralization in the Book of Numbers
	Are There Any Reasons Why Balaam Had to Die? Prophecy, Pseudo-Prophecy and Sorcery in Numbers
	Numbers and the Twelve
	The “Arab Connection” in the Book of Numbers
Ritual and Practice
	Purity Conceptions in the Book of Numbers in Context
	Struggling with the Vitality of Corpses: Understanding the Rationale of the Ritual in Numbers 19
	On the Imperfection of Perfection: Remarks on the Anthropology of Rituals in Numbers
	The Texture of Rituals in the Book of Numbers: A Fresh Approach to Ritual Density, the Role of Tradition and the Emergence of Diversity in Early Judaism
	The Sabbath and the Wood-Gatherer: Legal Hermeneutics and Literary History in Num 15:32–36
	Interior Furnishing: Some Observations on Endogamy in the Book of Numbers
Leadership and Priesthood
	The Transformation of Charisma: Reflections on the Book of Numbers on the Backdrop of Max Weber’s Theorem of Routinization
	Leadership and Conflict: Modelling the Charisma of Numbers
	“My Covenant with Him Was Life and Peace”: The Priestly Covenant and the Issue of Mixed Marriages
	“And When Moses Heard That, He Agreed” (Lev 10:20): The Relationship Between Compositional History, the History of Theology and Inner-Biblical Exegesis in Leviticus 10
	“…and the Levites Shall Be Mine”: Remarks on the Connections Between Numbers 3; 8 and 18
	Ending with the High Priest: The Hierarchy of Priests and Levites in the Book of Numbers
List of First Publications
Bibliography
List of Bibliographic Abbreviations
Index of Biblical References
Index of Subjects