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

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)

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)

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)

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)