Bible (Fenton) 04: Numbers

Description

The Book of Numbers in Greek means “In the desert [of]” which has a lengthy and intricate narration, but its last structure is perhaps in line for a Priestly revision of a Godly basis written probably in the Persian period, 5th century BCE. The title of the writing is derived from the two censuses procured of the Israelites.

Numbers opens at Mount Sinai, where the Israelites have obtained their laws and covenant from God and God has chosen dwelling with them in the place of safety. Their duty is to take hold of the Promised Land. The persons are totaled and measures are rendered for carrying on their march. The Israelites started the cruise, but they mutter at the sufferings on their way, and also the influence of Moses and Aaron. For these feats, God abolishes around 15,000 of them through innumerable ways.

The Holy Bible in Modern English, simply called as the Ferrar Fenton Bible, was one of the first translations of the Bible into English as articulated and printed in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Writings on the interpretation commenced in 1853 by a London merchant whose name was Ferrar Fenton (1832 – 1920). The comprehensive Bible was first printed in 1903, though sections were printed as distinct volumes in the earlier 11 years. Ferrar Fenton consumed roughly 50 years writing on his conversion, with his only one objective ‘to study the Bible absolutely in its original languages, to ascertain what its writers actually said and thought’.

Fenton had obtained a wide study and comprehension of old Sanskrit, Greek, Hebrew and Latin through being an outstanding member of the Royal Asiatic Society. As a businessman he also got himself into a number of historical Septuagint and Masoretic copies to help in his interpretation, and he also referred to Brian Walton’s Polygot Bible (1657) for a little guidance.
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