JOSHUA (Biblical figure)BOOK provenanceRELIGIOUS writingJEWISH literatureJEWISH authorsThis article challenges a common scholarly view regarding Josh 10:1–39, 11:1–15. The first edition of these episodes is commonly attributed to Judean authors. I offer arguments in favor ...
Land Still to Be Taken - When Joshua had grown old, the LORD said to him, “You are now very old, and there are still very large areas of land to be
Joshua 5 The Voice 5 When the kings of the Amorites, who lived in the hills west of the Jordan, and the kings of the Canaanite cities on the plain by the sea heard how the Eternal had dried up the waters of the Jordan so the Israelites could cross, they were alarmed, and their ...
When Jacob knew he did not have long to live, he called in Joseph and said, "If you really love me, you must make a solemn promise not to bury me in Egypt. English Revised VersionAnd the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If ...
When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”New Living TranslationThey found him on the other side of the lake and asked, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”English Standard VersionWhen they found him on the other side of the ...
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But I did it anyway. At first, in both of these seasons, I saw only what I was missing, what had been taken away.Death is like that. The loss of a dream or a hope brings grief, which must be acknowledged. No sense pretending we are always happy about God’s plans and His impecc...
(Wood 1987, 1990, 1999c, 2003: 262–64; Ashley and Aust 2003). Our excavations at Khirbet el-Maqatir have demonstrated that it meets all of the Biblical requirements to be identified as Joshua’s Ai, including destruction by fire (Wood 1999a, 1999b, 2000a, 2000b, 2000c, 2001, 2003...
Joshua looked around in the midst of bloodshed and clanging of swords and spears and marching soldiers and the shouting of the victory, and he knew that he and his army couldn't fight in the dark. God's people are children of the day and not of the night. I think Joshua never did ...
Tell el-Amarna archives were translated, some scholars eagerly equated the Habiru, described within the text, with the Hebrews, in particular because they were said to be nomads, raiders, and outlaws, fitting well with the biblical description of the Hebrews under Joshua conquering canaan.[...