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Davies outlines the composition and date of Numbers, and the various attempts that have been made to establish a coherent and meaningful structure in its arrangement. Davies also shows how the application of reader-response criticism, feminist criticism and postcolonial criticism have contributed to our understanding of selected passages in the book. Addressing theological issues, Davies considers three themes that occupy much of the content of Numbers, namely; land, purity and holiness, and rebellion. The concluding chapter considers the contentious issue of the historicity of the book of Numbers in the light of recent discussions concerning the historical value of the Old Testament. Davies shows how some of the issues Numbers raises – war, disease, survival, hunger, race relations – are among the perennial problems faced by nations across the centuries and across cultures. While individual passages within Numbers may reflect a questionable sense of morality, Davies demonstrates that the book, when viewed in its totality, encompasses a number of important theological themes which recur throughout the Old Testament: the interplay of forgiveness and judgment, and of sin and punishment, and the need to trust in the power of God rather than human might.
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Bible, Commentaries, Religion, Criticism, interpretation, Oude Testament, 11.40 Old Testament: general, Numeri (bijbelboek), Numeri, Bibel, 11.41 study and interpretation of the Old Testament, Commentaires, Kommentar, Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., o. t. pentateuch, Bible, study and teaching, o. t., Bible, introductionsShowing 6 featured editions. View all 6 editions?
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Numbers: an introduction and study guide : the road to freedom
2017, Bloomsbury T & T Clark
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Numbers: based on the Revised Standard Version
1995, William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., Eerdmans Pub Co
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Fortunate the eyes that see: essays in honor of David Noel Freedman in celebration of his seventieth birthday
1995, William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.
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Numbers: based on the Revised Standard Version
1995, Marshall Pickering, William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.
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Numbers: Based on the Revised Standard Version (The New Century Bible Commentary Series)
June 1995, Zondervan
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