Abstract
The story of Korah is mentioned in two different contexts in two adjacent chapters outside the story itself in Num 16-17. The first is in the account of the census of the Israelites at the Plains of Moab (Num 26:9-11). The second is in the story of Zelophehad's daughters (Num 27:3). Apart from these occurrences, the clan of the Korahites appears as part of the Levites in the census account (Num 26:58). In this article, I argue that all three occurrences of Korah are secondary in their context and were interpolated into Num 26-27 as part of a struggle within the circles of the Levites and priesthood concerning the status of the Korahites.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 497-511 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Journal of Biblical Literature |
| Volume | 138 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2019 |
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Religious studies
- Literature and Literary Theory