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Author / Creator:Pressler, Carolyn, 1952- author.
Imprint:Nashville : Abingdon Press, [2017]
©2017
Description:xvii, 323 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Series:Abingdon Old Testament commentaries
Abingdon Old Testament commentaries.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13249748
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ISBN:9781501846533
1501846531
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-323).
committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library
Summary:The Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries provide compact, critical commentaries on the books of the Old Testament for the use of theological students and pastors. The commentaries are also useful for upper-level college or university students and for those responsible for teaching in congregational settings. In addition to providing basic information and insights into the Old Testament writings, these commentaries exemplify the tasks and procedures of careful interpretation, to assist students of the Old Testament in coming to an informed and critical engagement with the biblical texts themselves. The present volume gives an up-to-date, readable commentary on the book of Numbers. The commentary covers critical issues section by section while emphasizing the larger theological and literary issues in Numbers and illustrating its relevance for modern readers.
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505 0 |a Introduction -- Commentary -- Numbers 1 and 2: Identity and Order -- Numbers 3 and 4: Hierarchy and Holiness -- Numbers 5:1-6:21: Ambiguous Purity -- Numbers 6:22-27: The Priestly Blessing -- Numbers 7: Generosity and Inclusion -- Numbers 8: Two Cultic Matters: Orienting the Lampstand and Dedicating the Levites -- Numbers 9:1-14: Passover -- Numbers 9:15-23: The Fiery Cloud -- Numbers 10:1-10: The Priests' Silver Trumpets -- Numbers 10:11-36: The Journey Begins -- Numbers 11: Rebellion -- Numbers 12: Rebellion Among the Leaders -- Numbers 13-14: Dissent and Diaster -- Numbers 15: When You Come Into the Land -- Numbers 16 and 17: A Widening Rebellion -- Numbers 18: The Priestly Power Struggle in the Form of Laws -- Numbers 19: Death and Impurity -- Numbers 20: "I May Not Get There With You" -- Numbers 21:1-22:1: The Tide Begins to Turn -- Numbers 22-24: What the Seer Sees -- Numbers 25: Apostasy -- Numbers 26: A New Generation, a New Chance -- Numbers 27:1-11: Daughters of Zelophehad -- Numbers 27:12-23: A Shepherd for Israel -- Numbers 28-29: Calender of Sacrifices for Israel's Public Cult -- Numbers 30 [Heb. 30:2-17]: Asserting (Patriarchal) Family Order -- Numbers 31: War with Midian -- Numbers 32: Negotiated Settlement -- Numbers 33: A Look Backward, A Look Ahead -- Numbers 34: Defining and Dividing the Land -- Numbers 35: Promise and Threat Continue -- Numbers 36: Daughters of Zelophehad, the Sequel -- Works Cited. 
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