A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Numbers (ICC)

by George Buchanan Gray

Publisher:

T&T Clark

, 1903

Overview

For over one hundred years, the International Critical Commentary series has held a special place among works on the Bible. It has sought to bring together all the relevant aids to exegesis—linguistic and textual no less than archaeological, historical, literary and theological—with a level of comprehension and quality of scholarship unmatched by any other series.

No attempt has been made to secure a uniform theological or critical approach to the biblical text: contributors have been invited for their scholarly distinction, not for their adherence to any one school of thought.

The depth of analysis found in the International Critical Commentary (ICC) Series has yet to be surpassed in any commentary collection. One of the best features of this series is the extensive amount of background information given in each volume's introduction, where all of the analysis is provided before the actual commentary begins. Each volume packs more information into the introduction than you will often find in the body of most commentaries! Also consider that with the electronic versions of each volume, you will never need to leaf through the hundreds of pages in each volume searching for the passage you are studying.

Also available as part of the International Critical Commentaries: Old Testamentcollection.

Contents

Top Highlights

“the term is not used specifically of the spirit of prophecy, but rather of capacity” (Page 401)

“who accompanied Balaam on his journey (22:22) were Jannes and Jambres, who had counselled Pharaoh” (Page 321)

“indicate either that Miriam took the lead, or that a story in which Miriam alone offended—she” (Page 120)

“the vb. is in the 3rd sing. fem.; subsequently the” (Page 120)

Praise for the Print Edition

Most Bible readers have the impression that 'Numbers' is a dull book only relieved by the brilliancy of the Balaam chapters and some snatches of old Hebrew songs, but, as Prof. Gray shows with admirable skill and insight, its historical and religious value is not that which lies on the surface. Prof. Gray's Commentary is distinguished by fine scholarship and sanity of judgment; it is impossible to commend it too warmly.

—Saturday Review, London

Product Details

• Title: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Numbers
• Author: G. Buchanan Gray
• Editors: Samuel Rolles Driver, Alfred Plummer, Charles Augustus Briggs
• Publisher: T&T Clark International
• Publication Date: 1903
• Pages: 489

About George Buchanan Gray

George Buchanan Gray (1865-1922), Congregational clergyman and biblical scholar, was a professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Exegesis at Mansfield College in Oxford. He also authored the volume on Isaiah 1-27, and Numbers in the International Critical Commentary series, among other writings.