Numbers: An Introduction and Commentary (Tyndale Old Testament Commentary Series)

Wenham, Gordon John

ISBN 10: 0851118364 / ISBN 13: 9780851118369

Published by Inter-Varsity Press, 1981

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Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Numbers: An Introduction and Commentary (Tyndale Old Testament Commentary Series)
• Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0851118364
• ISBN 13: 9780851118369
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

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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.