{"product_id":"shadal-on-numbers-daniel-a-klein-9798888940167","title":"Shadal on Numbers: Samuel David Luzzatto's Interpretation of the Book of Bemidbar","description":"Samuel David Luzzatto (1800-1865), known by his Hebrew acronym Shadal, was the leading Italian Jewish scholar of the 19th century. A linguist, educator, and religious thinker, he devoted his talents above all to the interpretation of the Bible, especially the plain meaning of the text. Although he was a devout believer in the divinity, unity, and antiquity of the Torah, Shadal approached the text in a remarkably free spirit of inquiry, drawing upon a wide variety of sources, ancient and contemporary, Jewish and non-Jewish. As a result, his interpretations may strike even the modern reader as fresh and novel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHighlights of Shadal's Numbers (Bemidbar) commentary are his discussion of both of the \"villains\" of the book, Korah and Balaam; his theory that the punishment of wandering in the desert for forty years was actually a blessing for the people of Israel; and his thorough search for the elusive \"sin\" of Moses that kept him from entering the Promised Land. This volume also features two appendices: the first is a translation of Shadal's dramatic poem about On ben Pelet, and the second is a presentation of Shadal's contentious exchange with Elia Benamozegh on the value of Kabbalah, the state of Jewish-Christian relations, and reasons for the commandments. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShadal's treatment of the book of Numbers, as well as the other books of the Torah, consisted of his Italian translation of the text and his Hebrew-language commentary. Here, for the first time, is an all-English version of both the text translation and the unabridged commentary, the first complete edition of Shadal's Bemidbar since its original publication in 1875. The translator-editor has supplied copious explanatory notes and a list identifying the sources that Shadal cited.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel a. Klein, Samuel David Luzzatto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8888940162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798888940167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kodesh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 446\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.99d","brand":"Daniel a. Klein","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46250591224063,"sku":"9798888940167","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fe2c5318-948c-4b57-9243-43f24dadddd0.jpg?v=1729600805","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shadal-on-numbers-daniel-a-klein-9798888940167","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}