Punishment and forgiveness in Israel's migratory campaign / Won W. Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Won W.

Contributor:

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Numbers--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Numbers.

Physical Description:

xv, 308 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., [2003]

Summary:

A new understanding of Israel's wandering. Arguably the most diverse book of the Old Testament, Numbers lacks any obvious structure or organization, This appears to be especially true of Numbers 10:11 - 36:13. In this new book Won Lee brings clarity to this important section of Scripture by properly fitting the text into Number's overarching theology. According to Lee, the major divisions and thirty-six subunits that comprise Numbers 10:11 - 36:13 are understandable only if seen against the backdrop of God's relationship with Israel. This portion of Scripture, which recounts Israel's failure to conquer the Promised Land, finds its conceptual structure in God's responses: first, the punishment of Israel's forty-year sojourn in the desert and, second, the beginnings of God's forgiveness, signaled by the success of the second generation of Israelites in defeating the Canannites. By treating the structure of the text as the central problem in its interpretation and presenting a proposal grounded in solid exegesis, Won demonstrates that despite the diverse, disparate material found in Numbers is in fact a self-contained, well-organized, and coherent unit with an important theological message.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Organization of the Book of Numbers 1

B. Major Proposals 7

1. George B. Gray 8

2. Martin Noth 15

3. Philip J. Budd 19

4. Dennis T. Olson 25

5. Jacob Milgrom 36

6. Timothy R. Ashley 39

Chapter 2 Conceptual Analysis 47

A. Methodological Development in the Contemporary Period 48

C. Relation to Other Exegetical Methods 63

Chapter 3 The Macrostructure of Numbers 10:11-36:13 73

A. Numbers 10:11-36:13 as a Distinct Unit 73

1. Other Structural Indicators 73

2. Numbers 10:11 90

3. Numbers 36:13 100

B. The Individual Units within Numbers 10:11-36:13 119

2. Individual Units Proper 121

C. The Macrostructure of Numbers 10:11-36:13 209

1. Preliminary Remarks 209

2. The Role of Numbers 13:1-14:45 213

a. Textual Evidence 218

b. Compositional Evidence 235

3. The Macrostructure Proper 279.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-305) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

ISBN:

0802809928

OCLC:

52838932