The Pentateuch – New Look Series

The Pentateuch: A New Look – Another Time and Place – Class Thirty Five

The Hebrew Bible provides 12 references to "forty years in the wilderness." How much of this forty-year period is reflected in the narratives of the Pentateuch? Do we have enough chronological and geographical information to determine where and when we are while...

The Pentateuch: A New Look – Competing Kohathites – Class Thirty-Four

This study, based on the reading Korah (Numbers 16-18) is focused on a story of rebellion. We look closely at the story within the Pentateuch (Numbers and Deuteronomy), and in other texts within the Tanakh for answers to problems posed by our accounts. We delve into...

The Pentateuch: A New Look – Synoptic Synopsis – Class Thirty-Three

In this class, we will look at some stories from the wilderness wanderings, as they are recorded in the Books of Exodus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The stories I will focus on are told in at least two, but often three books. We will survey these separate accounts to...

The Pentateuch: A New Look – The Geography and Chronology of the Wanderings/Leaving Horeb – Class Thirty-Two

The fourth book of the Pentateuch is known to the English-speaking, non-Jewish world as the Book of Numbers. The Hebrew title for the book is BaMidbar - במדבר, which means "in the wilderness." It begins with a rather detailed census of the children of Israel and this...