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The Book of Numbers (from Greek Ἀριθμοί, Arithmoi, lit. 'numbers'; Biblical Hebrew: בְּמִדְבַּר, Bəmīḏbar, lit. 'In [the] desert'; Latin: Liber Numeri) is the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible and the fourth of five books of the Jewish Torah. [1] The book has a long and complex history; its final form is possibly due to a ...
A number of contemporary novelists echoed this critical praise, including Nell Zink [14] and Francine Prose. [15] The Irish novelist Colm Tóibín described Book of Numbers as, "A hugely ambitious novel set in the high-tech world of now. It is a verbal high-wire act, daring in its tones and textures: clever, poetic, fast-moving, deeply playful ...
Ordeal of the bitter water. In the Hebrew Bible, the ordeal of the bitter water was a Jewish trial by ordeal administered by a priest in the tabernacle to a wife whose husband suspected her of adultery, but the husband had no witnesses to make a formal case. It is described in the Book of Numbers (Numbers 5:11–31).
Robert Deane Pharr (1916–1989 [1] or 1992 [2]) was an African-American novelist. [3][4] Pharr attended Saint Paul's Normal and Industrial School, Lincoln University, Virginia Union University and Fisk University, [2] but spent most of his career working as a waiter. [1] He graduated from Virginia Union University in 1939, and did graduate ...
The Prayer of Manasses King of Juda when he was holden captive in Babylon. 1 Maccabees. 1 Machabaeorum. 1 Machabees. The First Book of the Maccabees. 2 Maccabees. 2 Machabaeorum. 2 Machabees. The Second Book of the Maccabees.
Biblical numerology. Biblical numerology is the use of numerology in the Bible to convey a meaning outside of the numerical value of the actual number being used. [1] Numerological values in the Bible often relate to a wider usage in the Ancient Near East.
List. This list provides examples of known textual variants, and contains the following parameters: Hebrew texts written right to left, the Hebrew text romanised left to right, an approximate English translation, and which Hebrew manuscripts or critical editions of the Hebrew Bible this textual variant can be found in. Greek (Septuagint) and ...
Kibroth Hattaavah. Coordinates: 28°55′N 34°29′E. Kibroth Hattaavah or Kibroth-hattaavah (Hebrew: קִבְרוֹת הַתַּאֲוָה, graves of craving) is one of the locations which the Israelites passed through during their Exodus journey, recorded in the Book of Numbers. [1] It was at this place, according to the biblical narrative ...