Priestly Blessing in Inscription and Scripture : The Early History of Numbers 6
Subtitle: 24-26
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated; Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780199399970
Subjects: Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., o. t. pentateuch; Amulets
Description: Jeremy Smoak presents a synthesis of recent discoveries bearing upon the early history and function of the biblical priestly blessing of Numbers 6:24-26. The book gives special focus to the importance of the discovery of the blessing on two silver amulets from Jerusalem dating to the late Iron Age and several other Iron Age inscriptions containing parallels to the blessing. The analysis of the inscriptions provides a new way to approach the meaning and significance of the instructions for the blessing in the biblical book of Numbers.