Numbers 1-20 : a new translation with introduction and commentary / Baruch A. Levine.

Other author Levine, Baruch A., translator, commentator.
Format Electronic
PublicationNew Haven & ; London : Yale University Press, 1993.
PublicationLondon : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
Description1 online resource.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://doi.org/10.5040/9780300262087?locatt=label:secondary_theologyAndReligionOnline
Subjects

Uniform titleBible Numbers, I-XX. English. Levine. 2021.
SeriesAnchor 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionOnline resource; description from resource and publisher's metadata (viewed on 20 September 2021).
Genre/formCommentaries.
ISBN9780300262087
ISBN(print)
Standard identifier# 10.5040/9780300262087

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Electronic Resources Access Content Online ✔ Available