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Author Pitkänen, Pekka

Title A Commentary on Numbers : Narrative, Ritual, and Colonialism
Published Milton : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (269 pages)
Series Routledge Studies in the Biblical World
Routledge studies in the biblical world.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Abbreviations and glossary; 1 Introduction; Place in the canon and the interpretative context of Numbers; History of scholarship; Main problems with the current state of Pentateuchal and Numbers research; Social processes and scholarship; Towards a new interpretation; The literary structures of Numbers as part of Genesis-Joshua; Legal backgrounds and implementation; Textual issues; Date, provenance and historicity; Message of the book and reading Numbers today; 2 Commentary
Departure from Sinai (1:1-10:36)Preparations for departure (1:1-10:10); Census of the first (Exodus) generation (1:1-54); Arrangement of the camp (2:1-34); Priests and Levites (3:1-4:49); Exclusions from the camp (5:1-4); Interlude I: miscellaneous laws/instruction (5:5-6:27); Cultic actions and regulations (7:1-9:14); Accoutrements during the march through the wilderness (9:15-10:10); Departure (10:11-36); Departure (10:11-28); Moses's brother-in-law (10:29-32); The ark (10:33-36); Between Sinai and Moab (11:1-22:1); Rebellion and punishment (11-14)
People's rebellion, help for Moses, quail and plague (11)Miriam and Aaron's rebellion and Miriam's leprosy (12); Spies sent, with rebellion and punishment of the first generation at Kadesh (13-14); Interlude III: miscellaneous laws (15); Further rebellion: Korah, Dathan and Abiram's rebellion against Moses and Aaron, their punishment and the confirmation of Aaron's primacy (16-17); Interlude IV: priestly matters, purification (18-19); Generational shift and departure towards the promised land by the second generation (20-21); Kadesh, death of Miriam (20:1)
Water from the rock, the punishment of Moses and Aaron (20:2-13)From Kadesh on, past Edom (20:14-21); Kadesh to Hor, death of Aaron (20:22-29); King of Arad (21:1-3); The bronze serpent (21:4-9); Northwards past Wadi Arnon, arrival at Moab (21:10-20); Defeat of Sihon and Og (21:21-35); At Moab (22:1-36:13); Balaam (22-24); Rebellion (via idolatry) at Baal Peor (25); Census of the second (conquest) generation (26); Land divisions I: daughters of Zelophehad and female heirs I (27:1-11); Joshua to succeed Moses (27:12-23); Interlude V: regular offerings and vows (28-30)
Offerings on various calendar-based occasions (28-29)Vows (30); Vengeance on Midian (31); Reuben and Gad settle in Gilead (32); Summary of journey from Sinai to Moab (33:1-49); Yahweh's command to destroy the indigenous peoples of Canaan (33:50-56); Land divisions II (34-36); Boundaries of the land (34); Levitical towns and towns of refuge (35); Daughters of Zelophehad and female heirs II (36); Bibliography; Select commentaries on Numbers; Selection of other works; Author and subject index; Index of archaeological and related sites; Index of references to the Bible and other ancient sources
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ISBN 9781351782920
1351782924