Numbers (NICOT)

Ashley, Timothy R.

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The book of Numbers tells a story that has two main characters -- God and Israel. The way the story is told sounds odd and often harsh to readers today. In spite of the difficulties imposed by Numbers on today's readers, the main point of the book is of immense importance for God's people in any age: exact obedience to God is crucial.

This comprehensive and erudite commentary -- resulting from nearly a decade of study of Numbers by Timothy Ashley -- presents a thorough explication of this significant Hebrew text. Ashley's introduction to Numbers discusses such questions as structure, authorship, and theological themes, and it features an extended bibliography of major works on the book of Numbers, concentrating mainly on works in English, French, and German.

Dividing the text of Numbers into five major sections, Ashley's commentary elucidates the theological themes of obedience and disobedience that run throughout the book's narrative. His detailed verse-by-verse comments are intended primarily to explain the Hebrew text of Numbers as we have it rather than to speculate on how the book came to be in its present form.

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  • Cover Type
    Hardcover
  • ISBN
    9780802825230
  • Page Count
    683
  • Publisher
    Eerdmans Publishing Company
  • Publication Date
    July 1993
  • Books of the Bible
    Numbers

Endorsements (6)

“A good commentary for the student or pastor.”

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Studies in Religion / Sciences Religieuses

“A thorough well-informed exegetical study of Numbers in the conservative evangelical tradition.”

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Society for Old Testament Study Book List

“Slowly but steadily the NICOT, probably the best consistently evangelical commentary series now being publishing, is being completed.”

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Librarian's World

“A reader of Numbers will find much help in this extensive commentary.”

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Journal of Religion

“A balanced and sensitive treatment. Highly recommended as a fresh and authoritative approach to this difficult but theologically rich Old Testament book.”

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Bibliotheca Sacra

“An excellent, well-informed treatment of an important and difficult book. . . It holds many lessons for the pilgrim people of God.”

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Southwestern Journal of Theology

About the Author

Timothy R. Ashley is minister of First Baptist Church in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He previously served for more than twenty years as professor of biblical studies at Acadia Divinity College in Wolfville, Nova Scotia.

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The book of Numbers tells a story that has two main characters -- God and Israel. The way the story is told sounds odd and often harsh to readers today. In spite of the difficulties imposed by Numbers on today's readers, the main point of the book is of immense importance for God's people in any age: exact obedience to God is crucial.

This comprehensive and erudite commentary -- resulting from nearly a decade of study of Numbers by Timothy Ashley -- presents a thorough explication of this significant Hebrew text. Ashley's introduction to Numbers discusses such questions as structure, authorship, and theological themes, and it features an extended bibliography of major works on the book of Numbers, concentrating mainly on works in English, French, and German.

Dividing the text of Numbers into five major sections, Ashley's commentary elucidates the theological themes of obedience and disobedience that run throughout the book's narrative. His detailed verse-by-verse comments are intended primarily to explain the Hebrew text of Numbers as we have it rather than to speculate on how the book came to be in its present form.

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