{"product_id":"shadal-on-numbers","title":"Shadal on Numbers: Samuel David Luzzatto’s Interpretation of the Book of Bemidbar (Shadal on the Torah)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSamuel 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daniel A. Klein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47778460467438,"sku":null,"price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/1580\/2606\/files\/Shadal-Numbers-Front-Cover-scaled.jpg?v=1774899714","url":"https:\/\/kodeshpress.com\/products\/shadal-on-numbers","provider":"Kodesh Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}