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  • Formaat: Hardback, 268 pages, kõrgus x laius: 234x156 mm, kaal: 660 g, 4 Tables, black and white; 5 Line drawings, black and white
  • Sari: Routledge Studies in the Biblical World
  • Ilmumisaeg: 30-May-2017
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 1138706574
  • ISBN-13: 9781138706576
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 268 pages, kõrgus x laius: 234x156 mm, kaal: 660 g, 4 Tables, black and white; 5 Line drawings, black and white
  • Sari: Routledge Studies in the Biblical World
  • Ilmumisaeg: 30-May-2017
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 1138706574
  • ISBN-13: 9781138706576
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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 GenesisLeviticus 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 GenesisJoshua, a carefully crafted programmatic settler colonial document for a new society in Canaanite highlands in the late second millennium BCE that seeks to replace pre-existing indigenous societies. In the context of the tremendous influence that the biblical documents have had on the world in the last 2,0003,000 years, the book also offers pointers towards reading these texts today. This volume is a fascinating study of this text, and will be of interest not only to biblical scholars, but to anyone with an interest in the history of the ancient Levant, and colonisation and colonialism in the ancient world more broadly.

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"Pekka Pitkänen provides an exciting new commentary to the book of Numbers which approaches the material with finely tuned interdisciplinary skill and close critical exegesis. The commentary is thoroughly-researched and the arguments are careful and clear. This book is a very helpful tool for anybody wishing to engage with the material in the book of Numbers."

- Katherine Southwood, St John's College, Oxford University, UK

"This commentary is a substantial addition to the new Routledge Studies in the Biblical World series. Mostly free of overly-technical jargon, it is accessible to scholars, teachers and the informed lay person or preacher. Without discounting the historical value of Numbers, Pitkanen ably deals with the text (under the regular headings of Context, Comment and Meaning) and presents archaeological evidence and ANE references where necessary.

- Andy S.J. Lie, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

"Pekka Pitkänens new commentary on the Book of Numbers analyses the Old Testament text from a decidedly interdisciplinary perspective. P. not only combines exegetic methods with approaches from post-colonial, migration and ritual studies, but also considers results from archaeological field research in the Levant." -Felix Hagemeyer, Leipzig University, AWE

Pekka Pitkänen was interviewed for the New Books Network Biblical Studies podcast. You can listen here: http://newbooksnetwork.com/pekka-pitkanen-a-commentary-on-numbers-narrative-r itual-and-colonialism-routledge-2017/ Pekka Pitkänen provides an exciting new commentary to the book of Numbers which approaches the material with finely tuned interdisciplinary skill and close critical exegesis. The commentary is thoroughly-researched and the arguments are careful and clear. This book is a very helpful tool for anybody wishing to engage with the material in the book of Numbers.

- Dr Katherine Southwood, St John's College, Oxford University, UK

List of figures
x
List of tables
xi
Preface xii
Abbreviations and glossary xiii
1 Introduction
1(52)
Place in the canon and the interpretative context of Numbers
1(2)
History of scholarship
3(5)
Main problems with the current state of Pentateuchal and Numbers research
8(3)
Social processes and scholarship
11(3)
Towards a new interpretation
14(2)
The literary structures of Numbers as part of Genesis-Joshua
16(17)
Legal backgrounds and implementation
33(2)
Textual issues
35(1)
Date, provenance and historicity
36(4)
Message of the book and reading Numbers today
40(13)
2 Commentary
53(166)
Departure from Sinai (1:1--10:36)
53(1)
Preparations for departure (1:1--10:10)
53(1)
Census of the first (Exodus) generation (1:1--54)
53(5)
Arrangement of the camp (2:1--34)
58(3)
Priests and Levites (3:1--4:49)
61(11)
Exclusions from the camp (5:1--4)
72(2)
Interlude I: miscellaneous laws/instruction (5:5--6:27)
74(9)
Cultic actions and regulations (7:1--9:14)
83(14)
Accoutrements during the march through the wilderness (9:15--10:10)
97(4)
Departure (10:11--36)
101(1)
Departure (10:11--28)
101(2)
Moses's brother-in-law (10:29--32)
103(1)
The ark (10:33--36)
104(2)
Between Sinai and Moab (11:1--22:1)
106(1)
Rebellion and punishment (11--14)
106(1)
People's rebellion, help for Moses, quail and plague (11)
107(4)
Miriam and Aaron's rebellion and Miriam's leprosy (12)
111(3)
Spies sent, with rebellion and punishment of the first generation at Kadesh (13--14)
114(8)
Interlude III: miscellaneous laws (15)
122(4)
Further rebellion: Korah, Dathan and Abiram's rebellion against Moses and Aaron, their punishment and the confirmation of Aaron's primacy (16--17)
126(7)
Interlude IV: priestly matters, purification (18--19)
133(7)
Generational shift and departure towards the promised land by the second generation (20--21)
140(1)
Kadesh, death of Miriam (20:1)
141(1)
Water from the rock, the punishment of Moses and Aaron (20:2--13)
142(3)
From Kadesh on, past Edom (20:14--21)
145(2)
Kadesh to Hor, death of Aaron (20:22--29)
147(2)
King of Arad (21:1--3)
149(1)
The bronze serpent (21:4--9)
150(2)
Northwards past Wadi Arnon, arrival at Moab (21:10--20)
152(1)
Defeat of Sihon and Og (21:21--35)
153(2)
At Moab (22:1--36:13)
155(1)
Balaam (22--24)
156(8)
Rebellion (via idolatry) at Baal Peor (25)
164(3)
Census of the second (conquest) generation (26)
167(4)
Land divisions I: daughters of Zelophehad and female heirs I (27:1--11)
171(2)
Joshua to succeed Moses (27:12--23)
173(2)
Interlude V: regular offerings and vows (28--30)
175(1)
Offerings on various calendar-based occasions (28--29)
176(6)
Vows (30)
182(2)
Vengeance on Midian (31)
184(5)
Reuben and Gad settle in Gilead (32)
189(7)
Summary of journey from Sinai to Moab (33:1--49)
196(3)
Yahweh's command to destroy the indigenous peoples of Canaan (33:50--56)
199(2)
Land divisions II (34--36)
201(1)
Boundaries of the land (34)
201(3)
Levitical towns and towns of refuge (35)
204(5)
Daughters of Zelophehad and female heirs II (36)
209(10)
Bibliography 219(1)
Select commentaries on Numbers 219(1)
Selection of other works 219(12)
Author and subject Index 231(5)
Index of archaeological and related sites 236(1)
Index of references to the Bible and other ancient sources 237
Pekka Pitkänen is Senior Lecturer in the School of Liberal and Performing Arts at the University of Gloucestershire, UK. He is the author of Central Sanctuary and Centralization of Worship in Ancient Israel (2003) and Joshua (2010). His current interest remains in the study of GenesisJoshua, together with the study of migration and colonialism in the ancient Near East, ritual studies and other sociological and anthropological approaches to the study of the ancient world.