Law, Religion, Culture and Slay Queens

Some Old Testament texts suggest that a man’s principal heirs were the sons from ‘legitimate’ wife/wives (Genesis 15:4, Deuteronomy 25:5-10, Judges 11:2, 1Kgs 21:3, and Ruth 4). Yet in Numbers 27:1-11 and the book of Ruth, one encounters the voices and actions of daughters and women who challenged...

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Main Author: Dorcas Chebet Juma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Network for African Congregational Theology 2024-11-01
Series:African Theological Journal for Church and Society
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Online Access:https://atjcs.netact.org.za/index.php/netact/article/view/150