Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone

by John Goldingay

Overview

Following on the heels of the successful New Testament for Everyone commentaries by N. T. Wright, John Goldingay, an internationally respected Old Testament scholar, authors this ambitious Old Testament for Everyone series. Covering Scripture from Genesis to Malachi, Goldingay addresses the texts in such a way that even the most challenging passages are explained simply. Perfect for daily devotions, Sunday school preparation, or brief visits with the Bible, the Old Testament for Everyone series is an excellent resource for the modern reader. The fourth volume in the Old Testament for Everyone series, this book focuses on the biblical books of Numbers and Deuteronomy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664233778
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	09/21/2010
Series:	The Old Testament for Everyone
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

John Goldingay is David Allan Hubbard Professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. An internationally respected Old Testament scholar, Goldingay is the author of many commentaries and books.

Table of Contents

Maps viii

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

Numbers 1:1-2:34 Finding Yourself in Your Family Story 6

Numbers 3:1-5:4 God's Claim on Levi 9

Numbers 5:5-31 Breaking Faith 12

Numbers 6:1-27 The Lord Bless You and Keep You 15

Numbers 7:1-8:4 Provision for the Sanctuary 18

Numbers 8:5-9:14 God's Flexibility 21

Numbers 9:15-10:36 The Journey Actually Begins 24

Numbers 11:1-35 On Missing Garlic 27

Numbers 12:1-15 Miriam the Prophet, Aaron the Priest, Moses the Teacher 31

Numbers 13:1-14:38 A Spy Story 34

Numbers 14:39-15:41 The Intentional and the Unintentional 37

Numbers 16:1-17:13 Dealing with Ambition 40

Numbers 18:1-19:22 Provision and Purification 44

Numbers 20:1-13 One Fatal Mistake 47

Numbers 20:14-21:3 Two Very Different Attitudes to War 50

Numbers 21:4-35 Snakes, and Progress, and Another Attitude to War 52

Numbers 22:1-23:4 A Story about Several Asses 56

Numbers 23:5-24 God Doesn't Go Back on a Promise 60

Numbers 23:25-24:25 Beautiful Tents, Jacob 63

Numbers 25:1-26:51 How It All Goes Wrong (Again) 66

Numbers 26:52-27:11 Five Pushy Women 70

Numbers 27:12-23 On Appointing a New Leader 73

Numbers 28:1-29:40 Eating with God 76

Numbers 30:1-16 Negotiations and Love Songs 80

Numbers 31:1-34 Unfinished Business 83

Numbers 32:1-42 On Mutual Support 87

Numbers 33:1-34:29 Land, Promises, and Politics 89

Number 35:1-36:13 Ensuring Justice 92

Deuteronomy 1:1-45 Moses Begins His Last Sermon 96

Deuteronomy 1:46-3:29 No, But... 99

Deuteronomy 4:1-49 The Attraction of Images 103

Deuteronomy 5:1-15 Not with Our Parents 106

Deuteronomy 5:16-33 If Only... 110

Deuteronomy 6:1-25 Listen, Israel 114

Deuteronomy 7:1-6 On Killing Enemies 117

Deuteronomy 7:7-15 On Election 121

Deuteronomy 7:16-9:3 Little by Little 124

Deuteronomy 9:4-10:22 You Don't Deserve It 128

Deuteronomy 11:1-32 It Never Rains in Southern California 131

Deuteronomy 12:1-32 On Not Following Your Instincts 134

Deuteronomy 13:1-18 False Prophets 138

Deuteronomy 14:1-29 You Are What You Eat 141

Deuteronomy 15:1-18 Helping People Get Back on Their Feet 145

Deuteronomy 15:19-16:17 The Rhythm of Pilgrimage 149

Deuteronomy 16:18-17:13 Justice and Only Justice (Absolute Faithfulness) 152

Deuteronomy 17:14-18:22 Kings, Priests, Levites, Prophets 155

Deuteronomy 19:1-20:20 How to Make War (or How to Make War Impractical) 158

Deuteronomy 21:1-23 Murder Desecrates the Land 162

Deuteronomy 22:1-12 On Keeping Things Separate 165

Deuteronomy 22:13-30 Sex in the City 167

Deuteronomy 23:1-25 Attitudes to Egyptians (and Others) 171

Deuteronomy 24:1-22 On Sacred Inefficiency 174

Deuteronomy 25:1-19 Maintaining the Family Name 178

Deuteronomy 26:1-19 A Wandering Aramean Has Become a Great Nation 180

Deuteronomy 27:1-28:68 Curses and Blessings and Curses 183

Deuteronomy 29:1-30:20 The Mystery of Obedience and Disobedience 187

Deuteronomy 31:1-32:47 Moses' Last Song 190

Deuteronomy 32:48-34:12 On Dying outside the Promised Land 193

Glossary 199

Editorial Reviews

"Clear, reliable, and thought-provoking studies of the Hebrew Scriptures. These down-to-earth presentations, often illuminated by contemporary images and illustrations, probe the theological dimensions of the text with insight and offer reflections that can richly inform faith and life." Terence E. Fretheim, Elva B. Lovell Professor of Old Testament, Luther Seminary

"Designed so that biblical faith can engage the deepest hopes, deepest fears, and deepest hungers in our society. Such engagement requires precisely an interpreter like Goldingay who brings to the task his great learning, his deep passion for faith, his informed imagination, and his attentiveness to contemporary life. This series will be an important and compelling resource for obedient thinking and joyous living." Walter Brueggemann, William Marcellus McPheeters Professor Emeritus of Old Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary

"Goldingay captures our interest through the power of the Old Testament and also through his honest sharing of its impact on his own life and those around him. This series truly is for everyone who wants to grow in their understanding of the Old Testament." Tremper Longman, Robert H. Gundry Professor of Old Testament, Westmont College

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