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Joshua / L. Daniel Hawk ; David W. Cotter, editor ; Jerome T. Walsh, Chris Franke, associate editors.
LIBRA BS1295.2 .H35 2000
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hawk, L. Daniel (Lewis Daniel), 1955-
- Series:
- Berit olam
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Joshua--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Joshua.
- Physical Description:
- xxxii, 303 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- The themes which configure Joshua -- obedience to the commands of Moses, possession of Canaan, and the extermination of the Canaanites -- reveal a fundamental concern to construct an identity for the people of God. Strangely, however, many of the materials in the book subvert attempts to connect identity too closely with religious practice, possession of land, or ethnic separation. Tracking these themes through Joshua, this reading reveals a narrative agenda which, negatively, denies that any are distinctive marks of identity and, positively, presents Israel as a nation constituted by choices: the choice of Yhwh for Israel and of Israel for Yhwh.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Rights of Passage (1:1-18) 1
- Chapter 2 Who's Who in the Promised Land? (2:1-12:24) 19
- Chapter 3 Strangers in the Night (2:1-24) 35
- Chapter 4 Changing State (3:1-4:24) 53
- Chapter 5 First Things First (5:1-15) 75
- Chapter 6 Going in Circles (6:1-27) 87
- Chapter 7 Ai Spy (7:1-8:35) 107
- Chapter 8 Foiled Again (9:1-10:27) 135
- Chapter 9 Conquering Canaanites (10:28-12:24) 157
- Chapter 10 Organizing Israel (13:1-21:45) 177
- Chapter 11 Altar Egos (22:1-34) 227
- Chapter 12 Unfinished Business (23:1-16) 247
- Chapter 13 Decisions, Decisions (24:1-33) 261
- Charts
- 1 Outsiders Included: The Common Plot of the Rahab and Gibeon Stories 25
- 2 Insiders Excluded: The Plot of Achan's Story 29
- 3 The Common Tale of Two Doomed Cities 36
- 4 Command and Execution at the Jordan Crossing 60
- 5 Command and Execution at Jericho 88
- 6 The Campaigns Against Sihon and Og 161
- 7 The Battle at Ai (8:1-29) 162
- 8 The Battle at the Waters of Merom (11:1-15) 163
- 9 The Southern Campaign (10:28-39) 164
- 10 The Structure of 13:1-21:45 181
- 11 The Common Plot of the Stories of Occupation 191
- 12 The Structure of the Jordan Conflict 231.
- Notes:
- "A Michael Glazier book."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-287) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0814650422
- OCLC:
- 44128116
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