The fourth book of Moses is called Numbers in the English Bible, and this follows the usage of the Greek Septuagint translation. In the Hebrew it is called Bammidhbar (“In the wilderness”). The former ...

I hope you value the numbers in the Bible. These are fascinating. Now, I do not mean the Book of Numbers, the third book of Moses (though I certainly hope you value that volume also). No, I mean the ...

“The Secret Lives of Numbers,” by Kate Kitagawa and Timothy Revell, highlights overlooked contributions to the field by ancient thinkers, non-Westerners and women. By Alec Wilkinson Alec Wilkinson is ...