A Commentary on Numbers: Narrative, Ritual, and Colonialism

by Pekka Pitknen and Pekka Pitkänen

This book provides a new reading of the biblical book of Numbers in a commentary form. Mainstream readings have tended to see the book as a haphazard junkyard of material that connects Genesis-Leviticus with Deuteronomy (and Joshua), composed at a late stage in the history of ancient Israel. By contrast, this book reads Numbers as part of a wider work of Genesis-Joshua, a carefully crafted programmatic settler colonial document for a new society...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367515369
• ISBN13: 9780367515362
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"