REDEEMING RELEVANCE IN THE BOOK OF NUMBERS: Explorations in Text and Meaning
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REDEEMING RELEVANCE IN THE BOOK OF NUMBERS: Explorations in Text and Meaning
By Rabbi Francis Nataf
Hardcover, 144 pages
Urim Publications, 2014
ISBN: 978-965-524-154-9
Continuing Rabbi Francis Nataf's innovative analysis of the Bible's first five books, this volume focuses on some of the text's most perplexing stories in the Book of Numbers. It weaves them into discussions about the individual and the community, religious leadership and its abuse, and about communication and disappointment. Taking a new look at Judaism's most basic text, Rabbi Nataf reads the Bible in ways that make it more accessible and more exciting to study. The remarkable insights in Redeeming Relevance in the Book of Numbers opens up completely new possibilities in the biblical text.
About the Author:
Rabbi Francis Nataf is a Jerusalem-based educator, writer and thinker, and the author of Redeeming Relevance in the Book of Genesis (Urim, 2006) and Redeeming Relevance in the Book of Exodus (Urim, 2010). He has also published numerous articles concerning Jewish education, Bible, and Jewish thought. Rabbi Nataf received rabbinic ordination at Yeshiva University and holds degrees in Jewish history and international affairs.
Praise for previous books by Rabbi Francis Nataf:
"Rabbi Francis Nataf is a fresh, creative voice". He pursues Jewish spiritual renewal with moral and intellectual honesty. Seeking solutions to difficult problems, he does not hesitate to slay "sacred cows" along the way. There is no doubting his impact in the years ahead."
- Professor Yehuda Gellman, Department of Philosophy, Ben-Gurion University
"Rabbi Francis Nataf's exploration of the Bible is filled with insights and is a fresh take on an ancient text. The bottom line is that Nataf's analysis is impressive and brings something new to Biblical scholarship..."
- Rabbi Aharon E. Wexler, Jewish Bible Quarterly
"Rabbi Francis Nataf has succeeded admirably at taking the shiurim.... he has given over many years and putting them in an engaging and readable form. His discussions' raise useful and worthwhile questions about the text, lead readers through the search for solutions by adducing sources that grant the sought-after insight, and end with practical lessons that bring the theoretical analysis into the real."
- Rabbi Dr. Gidon Rothstein, Lookstein Digest
Continuing Rabbi Francis Nataf's innovative analysis of the Bible's first five books, this volume focuses on some of the text's most perplexing stories in the Book of Numbers. It weaves them into discussions about the individual and the community, religious leadership and its abuse, and about communication and disappointment. Taking a new look at Judaism's most basic text, Rabbi Nataf reads the Bible in ways that make it more accessible and more exciting to study. The remarkable insights in Redeeming Relevance in the Book of Numbers opens up completely new possibilities in the biblical text.
About the Author:
Rabbi Francis Nataf is a Jerusalem-based educator, writer and thinker, and the author of Redeeming Relevance in the Book of Genesis (Urim, 2006) and Redeeming Relevance in the Book of Exodus (Urim, 2010). He has also published numerous articles concerning Jewish education, Bible, and Jewish thought. Rabbi Nataf received rabbinic ordination at Yeshiva University and holds degrees in Jewish history and international affairs.
Praise for previous books by Rabbi Francis Nataf:
"Rabbi Francis Nataf is a fresh, creative voice". He pursues Jewish spiritual renewal with moral and intellectual honesty. Seeking solutions to difficult problems, he does not hesitate to slay "sacred cows" along the way. There is no doubting his impact in the years ahead."
- Professor Yehuda Gellman, Department of Philosophy, Ben-Gurion University
"Rabbi Francis Nataf's exploration of the Bible is filled with insights and is a fresh take on an ancient text. The bottom line is that Nataf's analysis is impressive and brings something new to Biblical scholarship..."
- Rabbi Aharon E. Wexler, Jewish Bible Quarterly
"Rabbi Francis Nataf has succeeded admirably at taking the shiurim.... he has given over many years and putting them in an engaging and readable form. His discussions' raise useful and worthwhile questions about the text, lead readers through the search for solutions by adducing sources that grant the sought-after insight, and end with practical lessons that bring the theoretical analysis into the real."
- Rabbi Dr. Gidon Rothstein, Lookstein Digest
