Numbers

Like the other Cambridge Bible Commentary volumes, this contains an introduction followed by the texts of the N.E.B. translation divided into sections.

John Sturdy (Author)

9780521097765, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 9 December 1976

264 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 1.5 cm, 0.29 kg

Like the other Cambridge Bible Commentary volumes, this contains an introduction followed by the texts of the N.E.B. translation divided into sections. Each section of the text is followed by the commentary upon it. Mr Surdy discusses the the content, structure and authorship of the book, pointing to material from two distinct periods: 500–400 BC and some 500 years earlier.

The contents of the book
The longer work of which Numbers is a part
How many older sources?
The historical value of Numbers
Numbers as a theological work.

Subject Areas: Religion: general [HRA]