Public art & sculpture · West Midlands
Numbers
Numbers — a public art in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
Andy Mabbett — CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Numbers is a public art located in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom. Sourced from OpenStreetMap (ODbL licence); see local listings for visitor information, opening hours and admission details.
Photo gallery
From the Wikipedia article
Numbers 31 is the 31st chapter of the Book of Numbers, the fourth book of the Pentateuch (Torah), the central part of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), a sacred text in Judaism and Christianity. Scholars such as Israel Knohl and Dennis T. Olson name this chapter the War against the Midianites. Set in the southern Transjordanian regions of Moab and Midian, it narrates the Israelites waging war against the Midianites, commanded by Phinehas and Moses. They killed the men, including their five kings and Balaam, burnt their settlements and took captive the women, children and livestock. Moses commanded the Israelites to kill the boys, and women who had sex with men, and spare the virgin girls for themselves. The spoils of war were then divided between Eleazar, the Levitical priesthood, soldiers and Yahweh. Much scholarly and religious controversy exists surrounding the authorship, meaning and ethics of this chapter of Numbers. It is closely connected to Numbers 25.
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Background
History
around 1200 BCE during the 19th Dynasty of Egypt]] in the ancient southern Transjordan region]] The scholarly consensus is that this war did not take place, certainly not as narrated. Scholars such as Mark S. Smith assert that Israelite culture emerged from the wider Canaanite culture surrounding it, with whom it had strong linguistic, religious and other cultural links. There was no political unification of several Semitic Canaanite tribes into a single Israelite state until after 1100 BCE. Na'aman argued that the existing narrative in the collective Hebrew memory of Egyptian rule "was remodeled according to the realities of the late eighth and seventh centuries in Canaan, integrating the…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.5861, -1.9848
- District
- Walsall
- Parish
- Walsall, unparished area
- Postcode
- WS1 1NS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Walsall and Bloxwich
- Official site
- go.walsall.gov.uk
Sources
- osm: way/553765719 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Numbers 31 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Numbers?
- Numbers is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode WS1 1NS), in the parish of Walsall, unparished area.
- Is Numbers free to visit?
- Yes, Numbers is free to enter.
- How do I get to Numbers?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode WS1 1NS. It sits within the Walsall and Bloxwich parliamentary constituency.