The book of Joshua memorializes a transitional episode in Israel's national history. The heroic figure Joshua, imbued with strength, courage and faith, leads the new generation of Israel across the Jordan and into the land of promise, conquering Canaanites and overseeing the allotment of the inheritance among the tribes.But the book of Joshua is foremost a story of God, who works powerfully on behalf of Israel and Joshua, fulfilling his covenant promises. It is God who leads Israel across the Jordan, God who defeats Israel's enemies, and God who presides over the apportionment of the land. And so in the final chapter it is God who receives Israel's worshipful recommitment at Shechem.In this new Tyndale Old Testament Commentary, Richard S. Hess explores these historical, theological and literary dimensions of the book of Joshua. An exceptional feature of his commentary is his careful consideration of the allocation of the Promised Land and the boundary lists the book of Joshua so prominently displays. And in a day when grave doubts have been raised over the historicity of the "conquest" story, Hess presents historical and archaeological evidence for placing the events of Joshua in the late second millennium B.C.
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i. Past connections (1.1). This statement joins the book of Joshua with the event narrated at the end of Deuteronomy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
place name lists, town lists, boundary descriptions, northern coalition, southern coalition, tribal allotments, conquest accounts, central hill country, devoted things, covenant violation, covenant ceremony, historical prologue, royal agents, biblical covenants Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Verse Name, Lxx Arab Israeli Grid, Late Bronze Age, Jordan River, Iron Age, Old Testament, God of Israel, Red Sea, Israel's God, Additional Note, Dead Sea, Jezreel Valley, Jordan Valley, Mount Ebal, Lower Galilee, West Semitic, Beth Shemesh, Hebrew Bible, Kadesh Barnea, Tel Aviv, Kiriath Arba, New Testament, Scholars Press, Winona Lake, Baal Gad New!
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i. Past connections (1.1). This statement joins the book of Joshua with the event narrated at the end of Deuteronomy. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
place name lists, town lists, boundary descriptions, northern coalition, southern coalition, tribal allotments, conquest accounts, central hill country, devoted things, covenant violation, covenant ceremony, historical prologue, royal agents, biblical covenants Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Verse Name, Lxx Arab Israeli Grid, Late Bronze Age, Jordan River, Iron Age, Old Testament, God of Israel, Red Sea, Israel's God, Additional Note, Dead Sea, Jezreel Valley, Jordan Valley, Mount Ebal, Lower Galilee, West Semitic, Beth Shemesh, Hebrew Bible, Kadesh Barnea, Tel Aviv, Kiriath Arba, New Testament, Scholars Press, Winona Lake, Baal Gad New!
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- The Amarna Letters by William L. Moran on page 190, page 213, and page 303
- Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic: Essays in the History of the Religion of Israel by Frank Moore Cross in Front Matter, page 116, and page 155
- An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax by Bruce K. Waltke in Front Matter, page 152, and page 172
- Letters from Ancient Egypt. Society of Biblical Literature Writing from the Ancient World Series Volume 1 by Edmund S. Meltzer in Front Matter, page 160, and page 218
- Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomic School by Moshe Weinfeld in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
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- The New American Commentary Volume 5 - Joshua by David M. Howard on 5 pages
- Show Them No Mercy: 4 Views on God and Canaanite Genocide by C. S. Cowles on page 86
- Bible for Blockheads, The by Douglas Connelly on page 76
- Israel in Egypt: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Exodus Tradition by James K. Hoffmeier on page 215
- A Biblical History of Israel by Iain Provan in Back Matter
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