Burke O. Long

Numbers

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This commentary brings renewed vitality to the classic tasks of form criticism and shrewdly takes account of the changed world in which form critics and the well-known FOTL series now must live. Rolf Knierim and George Coats maintain consistent focus on sociological aspects of literature — the people and societal conditions that generated conceptually and formally structured texts. They precisely describe the literary nature of these texts but at the same time carefully relate literary analysis to the nuanced realities and interests of people who created the written documents. This approach yields fresh insights into structure and genre, rich connections to the history of Israel's religion, and grounded access to theological ideas.”