Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah skillfully structure their petition to inherit land not by confronting the patriarchy, but by couching their request as an attempt to preserve their father’s name.With attention to the exegesis of the story of Zelophehad’s Daughters (Numbers 26:33, 27:1-11, 36:1-12) in Midrash Sifre Numbers etc. For Talmudic exegesis of this story, see here and here.
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