Punishment and Forgiveness in Israel's Migratory Campaign. By Won W. Lee. Pp. xvi + 308. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2003. isbn 0 8028 0992 8. Paper £32.99/45
The structure of the Book of Numbers has proved a perennial problem for biblical commentators, for it appears to consist of a collection of unrelated fragments devoid of any unifying purpose or meaning. Laws are juxtaposed with narratives in a seemingly random fashion, confirming the impression that...
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Oxford University Press
2005
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2005, Volume: 56, Issue: 2, Pages: 494-498 |
| Review of: | Punishment and forgiveness in Israel's migratory campaign (Grand Rapids, Mich. [u.a.] : Eerdmans, 2003) (Davies, Eryl W.)
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| Summary: | The structure of the Book of Numbers has proved a perennial problem for biblical commentators, for it appears to consist of a collection of unrelated fragments devoid of any unifying purpose or meaning. Laws are juxtaposed with narratives in a seemingly random fashion, confirming the impression that the various units were compiled without any logical or coherent plan. Moreover, the wide variety of materials contained in Numbers (poetry, narrative, laws, tribal lists, census lists, victory songs, itineraries, etc.) merely adds to the difficulty of discovering the book's inner cohesion. The aim of the present volume by Won W. Lee is to identify the interrelatedness of the various units contained in Num. 10:11–36:13 by adopting ‘an empirically verifiable procedure’ (p. vii). |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/fli111 |