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Woudstra's work on the Book of Joshua is a contribution to The New International Commentary on the Old Testament.
Having twice given their response to serve the Lord, they have effectively agreed to two of the three imperatives of Joshua's challenge (vv. 14–15; “fear and serve God”). That challenge began with “Now” ('attah), and Joshua concludes ...
The book of Joshua contains some of the most compelling and relevant truths for our lives today.
" The Book of Joshua (Hebrew: 'Sefer Y'hoshua') is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.
It falls to Joshua, retracing the path taken two millennia ago, to lead his followers to peace in this world as well as in the next. Joshua in the Holy Land will carry every reader back to where it all began. Copyright © Libri GmbH.
as if Joshua's challenge contains an implicit accusation (cf. 22:29), but the second (the positive) corresponds to Joshua's declaration to serve YHWH (v. 15). Both conclude, in the MT , with a confession that unambiguously communicates ...
In this guide, Gordon McConville considers the various aspects of interpreting Joshua, including questions of its origins and occasion, its literary formation and its theology.
The book of Joshua is often troubling — what should we make of the fact that the violent occupation of land is not simply presented, but celebrated?