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Select Bibliography on Numbers

Adamo, D. “The African Wife of Moses: An Examination of Numbers 12:1–9.” AfTJ 18 (1989): 230–37.

Alter, R. The Art of Biblical Narrative. New York: Basic Books, 1981.

Ashley, T. The Book of Numbers. NICOT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.

Baumgarten, A. I. “The Paradox of the Red Heifer.” VT 43 (1993): 442–51.

Beck, J. A. “Geography and the Narrative Shape of Numbers 13.” BSac 157 (2000): 271–80.

Bellinger, W. H. Leviticus and Numbers. NIBC 3. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2001.

Brown, R. The Message of Numbers: Journey to the Promised Land. BST. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2002.

Budd, P. J. Numbers. WBC 5. Waco, Tex.: Word, 1984.

Cartledge, T. Vows in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East. JSOTSup 147. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1992.

Cohen, N. G. “‘ . . . ’: An ‘Enthusiastic’ Prophetic Formula.” ZAW 99 (1987): 219–32.

Cole, R. D. Numbers. NAC 3B. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2000.

Dawes, S. B. “Numbers 12:3: What Was Special About Moses?” BT 41 (1990): 336–40.

Derrett, J. D. “The Bronze Serpent.” EstBib 49 (1991): 311–29.

Douglas, M. In the Wilderness: The Doctrine of Defilement in the Book of Numbers. JSOTSup 158; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993.

Dozeman, T. B. “Numbers, Book of.” Pp. 214–18 in vol. 2, Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation. Ed. J. H. Hayes. Nashville: Abingdon, 1999.

Dumbrell, W. “Midian—A Land or a League?” VT 25 (1975): 323–37.

Feldman, E. “The Second pesaḥ Mitzvah As Paradigm.” Tradition 24 (1989): 38–43.

Gane, R. Cult and Character: Purification Offerings, Day of Atonement, and Theodicy. Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, forthcoming.

Graetz, N. “Miriam: Guilty or Not Guilty?” Judaism 40 (1991): 184–92.

Gray, G. B. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Numbers. ICC. New York: Scribner’s, 1903.

Gray, J. “The Desert Sojourn of the Hebrews and the Sinai-Horeb Tradition.” VT 4 (1954): 148–54.

Greene, J. T. Balaam and His Interpreters: A Hermeneutical History of the Balaam Traditions. BJS 244. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1992.

Harrison, R. K. Numbers: An Exegetical Commentary. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1992.

Helfgot, N. “‘And Moses Struck the Rock’: Numbers 20 and the Leadership of Moses.” Tradition 27 (1993): 51–58.

Knohl, I. The Sanctuary of Silence: The Priestly Torah and the Holiness School. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1995.

Korpel, M. “The Poetic Structure of the Priestly Blessing.” JSOT 45 (1989): 3–13.

Krahmalkov, C. R. “Exodus Itinerary Confirmed by Egyptian Evidence.” BAR 20 (1994): 55–62, 79.

LaBianca, O., and R. Younker. “The Kingdoms of Ammon, Moab and Edom: The Archaeology of Society in Late Bronze/Iron Age Transjordan (ca. 1400–500 BCE).” Pp. 401–15 in The Archaeology of Society in the Holy Land. Ed. T. Levy. New York: Facts on File, 1995.

Labuschagne, C. J. “The Meaning of beyād rāmā in the Old Testament.” Pp. 143–48 in Von Kanaan bis Kerala (FS. J. P. M. van der Ploeg). Ed. W. C. Delsman et al. AOAT 211. Kevelaer/Neukirchen-Vluyn: Butzon & Bercker/Neukirchener, 1982.

Layton, S. C. “Whence Comes Balaam? Num 22, 5 Revisited.” Bib 73 (1992): 32–61.

Levine, B. Numbers 1–20. AB 4. New York: Doubleday, 1993.

———. Numbers 21–36. AB 4A. New York: Doubleday, 2000.

Maarsingh, B. Numbers: A Practical Commentary. Translated J. Vriend. TI. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1987.

Magonet, J. “The Korah Rebellion.” JSOT 24 (1982): 3–25.

Malino, J. “The Ashes of the Red Heifer: Religious Ceremonies and Obedience to Torah (Numbers 19:1–22).” Pp. 144–48 in Preaching Biblical Texts: Expositions by Jewish and Christian Scholars. Ed. F. C. Holmgren and H. E. Schaalman. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.

Margaliot, M. “The Transgression of Moses and Aaron—Num. 20:1–13.” JQR 74 (1983): 196–228.

Mattingly, K. “The Laying on of Hands on Joshua: An Exegetical Study of Numbers 27:12–23 and Deuteronomy 34:9.” Ph.D. dissertation, Andrews University, 1997.

Mendenhall, G. “The Census Lists of Numbers 1 and 26.” JBL 77 (1958): 52–66.

Milgrom, J. “The Paradox of the Red Cow (Num. XIX).” VT 31 (1981): 62–72.

———. Numbers. JPS Torah Commentary. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1990.

Miller, J. M. “The Israelite Journey Through (Around) Moab and Moabite Toponymy.” JBL 108 (1989): 577–95.

Minkoff, H. “Moses and Samuel: Israel’s Era of Charismatic Leadership.” JBQ 30 (2002): 257–61.

Naʾaman, N. “Hebron Was Built Seven Years before Zoan in Egypt (Numbers 13:22).” VT 31 (1981): 488–92.

Niditch, S. “War, Women, and Defilement in Numbers 31.” Semeia 61 (1993): 39–57.

Noordtzij, A. Numbers. Translated E. van der Maas. Bible Student’s Commentary. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1983.

Noth, M. Numbers. OTL. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1968.

Olson, D. The Death of the Old and the Birth of the New: The Framework of the Book of Numbers and the Pentateuch. Chico: Scholars Press, 1985.

———. Numbers. Interpretation. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1996.

Philip, J. Numbers. ComC 4. Waco, Tex.: Word, 1987.

Propp, W. “The Rod of Aaron and the Sin of Moses.” JBL 107 (1988): 19–26.

Robinson, B. P. “The Jealousy of Miriam: A Note on Num 12.” ZAW 101 (1989): 428–32.

Rogers, C. “Moses: Meek or Miserable?” JETS 29 (1986): 257–63.

Safren, J. “Balaam and Abraham.” VT 38 (1988): 105–13.

Sailhamer, J. The Pentateuch As Narrative. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1992.

Sakenfeld, K. “Zelophehad’s Daughters.” PRSt 15 (1988): 37–47.

Sasson, J. M. “Numbers 5 and the ‘Waters of Judgement.’” BZ 16 (1972): 249–51.

Scolnic, B. “Theme and Context in Biblical Lists.” Ph.D. dissertation, Jewish Theological Seminary, 1987.

Shiloh, Y. “The Population of Iron Age Palestine in the Light of a Sample Analysis of Urban Plans, Areas, and Population Density.” BASOR 239 (1980): 25–35.

Stuhlmueller, C. “‘Would That All Were Prophets!’ (Numbers 11:29).” Pp. 129–43 in Preaching Biblical Texts: Expositions by Jewish and Christian Scholars. Ed. F. C. Holmgren and H. E. Schaalman. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.

Sturdy, J. Numbers. CBC. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1976.

Trible, P. “Bringing Miriam Out of the Shadows.” BRev 5 (1989): 14–25, 34.

Walton, J. H., V. H. Matthews, and M. W. Chavalas. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2000.

Watts, J. W. Reading Law: The Rhetorical Shaping of the Pentateuch. BSem 59. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999.

Wenham, G. Numbers. TOTC. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 1981.

Wilkinson, J. “The Quail Epidemic of Numbers 11:31–34.” EQ 71 (1999): 195–208.

Wilson, P. J. “Snake on a Stick.” ChrCent (March 2, 1994): 223.

Wright, D. P. “Purification from Corpse-Contamination in Numbers XXXI 19–24.” VT 35 (1985): 213–23.

———. “Heifer, Red.” Pp. 115–16 in vol. 3, Anchor Bible Dictionary. Ed. D. N. Freedman. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

Younker, R. “Moabite Social Structure.” BA 60 (1997): 237–48.

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