The book of Numbers : a critique of Genesis /

In this work Calum Carmichael--a legal scholar who applies a literary approach to the study of the Bible--shows how each law and each narrative in Numbers, the least researched book in the Pentateuch, responds to problems arising in narrative incidents in Genesis. The book continues Carmichael'...

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Main Author: Carmichael, Calum M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2012.
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