Numbers 1-20 : a new translation with introduction and commentary / Baruch A. Levine.
| Other author | Levine, Baruch A., translator, commentator. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | New Haven & ; London : Yale University Press, 1993. |
| Publication | London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021. |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://doi.org/10.5040/9780300262087?locatt=label:secondary_theologyAndReligionOnline |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Bible Numbers, I-XX. English. Levine. 2021. |
| Series | Anchor Bible ; 4A Anchor Yale Bible ; 4A Anchor Yale Bible Commentary Series Bible. English. Anchor Bible. 1964 v. 4A. ^A37894 Bible. English. Anchor Yale Bible. 2008 v. 4A. ^A1190557 |
| Abstract | The Book of Numbers is an account of the young would-be nation of Israel's wanderings in the Wilderness after the magnificent event at Sinai, where Moses speaks with God face-to-face and receives the Ten Commandments. Throughout this time of trial, the people complain, sensing the contrast between the relative security of slavery in Egypt, from which they have fled, and the precarious insecurity of freedom in the Wilderness. Numbers is a book filled with power struggles, raising questions about who speaks for God, along with personal and communal crises of faith and rumors of revolt. Yet despite the people's blindness and rebelliousness, God remains faithful to the promises made to Israel's ancestors--Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and now Moses--and remains at Israel's side, guiding her slowly but surely to the Promised Land. In all, Numbers describes a terrific journey of discipline and dependence upon the God who liberated the Hebrews from bondage in Egypt: a journey to strengthen Israel for the challenge of a new and wondrous land and the battles she will have to fight in order to claim and keep it. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Online resource; description from resource and publisher's metadata (viewed on 20 September 2021). |
| Genre/form | Commentaries. |
| ISBN | 9780300262087 |
| ISBN | (print) |
| Standard identifier# | 10.5040/9780300262087 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |