Joshua: an introduction and commentary
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Nottingham : Inter-Varsity Press, 2008, ©1996.
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9780830894703, 0830894705
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1 online resource (352 pages) : maps.
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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 into the land of promise. Richard S. Hess explores the historical, theological and literary dimensions of the book of Joshua.

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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 into the land of promise. Richard S. Hess explores the historical, theological and literary dimensions of the book of Joshua.

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5050 |a Cover; Short Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; General preface; Author's preface; Chief abbreviations; Introduction; Title and text; The person of Joshua; (a) The Pentateuch; (b) The book of Joshua; Antiquity; Composition; (a) Traditional higher-critical methods; (b) Literary strategies; Theology; (a) Holy war and the ban; (b) The land as an inheritance; (c) The covenant between God and Israel; (d) The holy and redeeming God; The allotments of Joshua 13 -- 21; (a) Form and dates of the literature; (b) The identification of sites; Analysis; Commentary
5058 |a 1. The conquest (1:1 -- 12:24)a. The book's goal and procedure (1:1-18); i. Past connections (1:1); ii. Promises: the book in outline (1:2-5); iii. Responsibilities: a call to courage and its source (1:6-9); iv. Obedience and the evidence of leadership: the organization of all Israel (1:10-11); v. The Transjordanian tribes (1:12-18); b. Rahab and the mission of the spies (2:1-24); i. Joshua sends two spies (2:1); ii. The house of Rahab (2:2-8); iii. The confession and request of Rahab (2:9-13); iv. The spies assure Rahab (2:14-21); v. The spies return (2:22-24)
5058 |a C. Rites of passage across the Jordan River (3:1 - 4:24)i. Joshua and all the Israelites set out (3:1); ii. Instructions for crossing, part 1 (3:2-5); iii. Instructions for crossing, part 2 (3:6-13); iv. The priests cross (3:14-17); v. The twelve stones (4:1-10); Additional note: Aetiologies; vi. The people cross (4:11-13); vii. Joshua is exalted (4:14); viii. Out of the Jordan (4:15-18); ix. The transition to Gilgal (4:19-24); d. Rites of preparation: circumcision (5:1-12); i. The fear of the Canaanites (5:1); ii. Joshua circumcises the people (5:2-3)
5058 |a Iii. The reason for the circumcision (5:4-9)iv. Passover as the beginning of the inheritance of the land (5:10-12); e. The first assault: the capture of Jericho (5:13 - 6:27); i. The pre-capture instructions (5:13 -- 6:5); ii. The capture of Jericho (6:6-25); iii. The consequences of Jericho for Joshua (6:26-27); Additional note: The archaeology of Jericho; Additional note: The date of the entrance into Canaan; f. The second assault, part 1: the defeat at Ai and its consequences (7:1-26); i.The defeat at Ai (7:1-5); ii. Israel's humiliation (7:6-9)
5058 |a Iii. The identification of the transgression (7:10-21)iv. The resolution of the sin (7:22-26); Additional note: The archaeology of Ai; g. The second assault, part 2: the victory at Ai (8:1-29); i. Then the LORD said to Joshua ... (8:1-2); ii. Battle instructions (8:3-8); iii. The preparations (8:9-13); iv. The reaction of Ai (8:14-17); v. The victory at Ai (8:18-29); h. The covenant at Mount Ebal (8:30-35); Additional note: Joshua's altar on Mount Ebal?; i. Summary of the threat against Israel (9:1-2); j. The Gibeonite exception (9:3-27); i. The Gibeonite deception (9:3-15)
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