Joshua
Subtitle: A Commentary
Series: Old Testament library
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: August 1997
Place of publication: Louisville, KY
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9780664219413
Copyright date: 1997
Table of contents: title: Introduction.; title: 1. The character and relevance of Joshua; title: 2. Joshua and history; title: 3. Formation of the book; title: 4. Form criticism; title: 5. Literary analysis; title: 6. Theological themes; title: 7. The figure of Joshua; title: 8. Text; title: Joshua.; title: 1:1-18 : Preparations; title: 2:1-24 : Rahab outsmarts the scouts; title: 3:1-17 : Crossing the Jordan; title: 4:1-24 : Completing the crossing; title: 5:1-15 : Beginning in the new land; title: 6:1-27 : Capturing Jericho; title: 7:1-26 : Achan's sin and its consequences; title: 8:1-29 : Capturing Ai; title: 8:30-35 : Reading the law; title: 9:1-27 : The Gibeonite trick; title: 10:1-43 : Triumphant campaign in the South; title: 11:1-23 : Triumphant campaign in the North; title: 12:1-24 : List of defeated kings; title: 13:1-7 : The command to divide the land; title: 13:8-33 : The tribes east of the Jordan; title: 14:1-15 : Prelude to the distribution; title: 15:1-63 : Judah; title: 16:1-10 : Ephraim; title: 17:1-18 : Manasseh; title: 18:1-10 : Division at Shiloh; title: 18:11-28 : Benjamin; title: 19:1-51 : The six remaining tribes; title: 20:1-9 : Cities of refuge; title: 21:1-45 : Levitical cities; title: 22:1-34 : A witness to solidarity; title: 23:1-16 : Joshua's farewell; title: 24:1-28 : Assembly at Shechem; title: 24:29-33 : Three grave traditions; title: Appendix : Site identifications