Numbers: An Introduction and Commentary (Volume 4) (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries) - Softcover

Wenham, Gordon J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0830842047 ISBN 13: 9780830842049

Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press,US, 2008

Synopsis

"Guide me, O Thou Great Jehovah" is one of the best-known hymns in the world. Yet the book of numbers, whose story that hymn summarizes, is seldom read. Why?"Its very title puts the modern reader off," writes Gordon Wenham. "In ancient time numbers were seen as mysterious and symbolic, a key to reality and the mind of God himself. Today they are associated with computers and the depersonalization that threatens our society."In his effort to bridge the great gulf between the book and our age, Wenham first explains the background of Numbers, discussing its structure, sources, date and authorship as well as its theology and Christian use. A passage-by-passage analysis follows, which draws useful insights on Old Testament ritual from modern social anthropology.The original, unrevised text of this volume has been completely retypeset and printed in a larger, more attractive format with the new cover design for the series..

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About the Author

Gordon J. Wenham is lecturer in Old Testament at Trinity College, Bristol. He was formerly professor of Old Testament at the University of Gloucestershire and is well known for his commentaries on Genesis, Leviticus and Numbers, as well as other studies in the Pentateuch.

Edition details

• Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press,US
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0830842047
• ISBN 13: 9780830842049
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192