{"product_id":"a-commentary-on-numbers-narrative-ritual-and-colonialism-paperback","title":"A Commentary on Numbers: Narrative, Ritual, and Colonialism - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePekka Pitkänen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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 Genesis-Leviticus 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 Genesis-Joshua, 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 2,000-3,000 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePekka Pitkänen\u003c\/strong\u003e is Senior Lecturer in the School of Liberal and Performing Arts at the University of Gloucestershire, UK. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCentral Sanctuary and Centralization of Worship in Ancient Israel \u003c\/i\u003e(2003) and \u003ci\u003eJoshua\u003c\/i\u003e (2010). His current interest remains in the study of Genesis-Joshua, \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003etogether with the study of migration and\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ecolonialism in the ancient Near East, ritual studies and other sociological and anthropological approaches to the study of the ancient world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 268\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 30, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52629013659955,"sku":"9780367515362","price":107.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/eDJVeEN1TklzaGIxZFF5aG5QU0xHQT09.webp?v=1762120671","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-commentary-on-numbers-narrative-ritual-and-colonialism-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}