The Torah: A Modern Commentary: Numbers

xxx, 445 pp. Hebrew and English text. CONTENTS: Preface; Introducing Numbers: The Book - Literary Aspects - Religious Ideas - Name - On Reading This Commentary - Transliterations; Numbers and Ancient Near Eastern Literature, by William W. Hallo; Part I. Of Census and Law; Part II. A People Wandering; Part III. THe Story of Balam; Part IV. At the Gates of the Promised Land; Reference Notes; Bibliography. Haftarot.