Together in the Land
A Reading of the Book of Joshua
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 1993
224 pages
978-0-567-55070-5 (ISBN)
Description
The book of Joshua is well known for its tales of slaughter and destruction. This reading shows that ambiguity created by means of juxtaposing contrasting ideas is a feature of the compositional arrangement in Joshua. While there may be a dream land emptied of foreigners awaiting Israelite occupation, there is also a grudging acceptance of co-existence in the land with a certain class of foreigner represented by the exceptional outsiders such as Rahab and Gibeonites. Mitchell's conclusion is that such ways of dealing with reality were a feature of the disillusionment and hope of post-exilic Judaism.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-0-567-55070-5 (9780567550705)
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Person
Gordon Mitchell lectures in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Cape Town.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- INTRODUCTION
- Part I: THE NARRATIVE OF CONQUEST
- Chapter 1 'TAKE POSSESSION OF THE LAND WHICH THE LORD GIVES YOU TO POSSESS' (1.1-5.15)
- 1. Method in Studying Warfare Texts
- 2. The Development of the Theme of Warfare in the Narrative of Joshua 1-5
- 3. Conclusion
- Chapter 2 'THE CITY AND ALL THAT IS WITHIN IT SHALL BE DEVOTED TO DESTRUCTION' (6.1-8.29)
- 1. A Cultic Miracle at Jericho (6.1-27)
- 2. A Tale of Slaughter and Destruction
- 3. The Achan Story (7.1-26)
- 4. The Second Attack on Ai (8.1-29)
- 5. The Issue of Booty
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 3 'YOU SHALL DO TO THE CITY AND ITS KING AS YOU DID TO JERICHO AND ITS KING' (8.30-12.24)
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Compositional Structures Connecting the Battle Reports
- 3. An Interlude on Mount Ebal (8.30-35)
- 4. A Covenant with the Gibeonites (9.1-27)
- 5. Destruction of the Southern Kings (10.1-43)
- 6. Destruction of the Northern Kings (11.1-23)
- 7. Conclusion to the Northern Annihilation (11.15-23)
- 8. The List of Defeated Kings (12.1-24)
- 9. Concluding Remarks on Chapters 8-12
- Chapter 4 'THERE STILL REMAINS MUCH LAND TO BE OCCUPIED' (13.1-22.9)
- 1. The Period of Warfare is Over
- 2. The Failure to Conquer and Settle
- 3. Conclusion
- Chapter 5 'AND YOU SHALL PERISH QUICKLY FROM OFF THE GOOD LAND' (22.1-24.33)
- 1. A Drama of Apostasy (22.1-34)
- 2. These Nations as a Temptation (23.1-16)
- 3. The Choice of Whom to Serve (24.1-33)
- 4. Conclusion
- Part II: THE IMAGE OF THE NATIONS
- Chapter 6 'ALL THE OCCUPANTS OF THE LAND'
- 1. Comprehensive Titles for the Nations
- 2. The Transition from All the Nations to Single Nations
- 3. Individual Nations listed in Chapters 13-19
- 4. A Return to Comprehensive Titles
- 5. Conclusion
- Chapter 7 'WHEN ALL THE KINGS HEARD...'
- 1. Hearing as a Compositional Structure
- 2. The Relationship Between (Omitted) and (Omitted)
- 3. Conclusion
- Chapter 8 'AND THEY DWELT IN THE MIDST OF ISRAEL UNTO THIS DAY'
- 1. Notes Recording the Continued Presence of the Nations
- 2. Rahab
- 3. The Gibeonites
- 4. The Geshurites and Maacathites (13.13)
- 5. The Jebusites (15.63)
- 6. The Canaanites of Gezer (16.10)
- 7. The Canaanites of Bethshean, Ibleam, Dor, Endor, Taanach, Megiddo, and All Their Villages (17.12-13)
- 8. The Notes in Relation to the Settlement Narrative
- 9. The Remnant of These Nations (23.1-16)
- 10. Conclusion
- CONCLUSION
- Appendix: THE LISTS OF PRE-ISRAELITE NATIONS
- Bibliography
- Index of References
- Index of Authors
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