Book of Joshua
Published on 27. March 1981
377 pages
978-1-4674-2295-6 (ISBN)
Description
Woudstra's work on the Book of Joshua is a contribution to The New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Like its companion series on the New Testament, this commentary devotes considerable care to achieving a balance between technical information and homiletic-devotional interpretation.
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Marten Woudstra
The Book of Joshua
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03/1981
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William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
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Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Author's Preface
- Contents
- Principal Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- I. Title and Purpose
- II. Authorship and Date
- III. Unity of Composition
- IV. Occasion
- V. Historical Background
- VI. Theology
- VII. Text
- VIII. Canonicity
- IX. Analysis of Contents
- X. Select Bibliography
- Text and Commentary
- I. The Promised Land Conquered (1:1-12:24)
- A. Introduction and Main Themes (1:1-18)
- B. Spies Sent to Jericho
- Canaan Dismayed at the Power of Israel's God (2:1-24)
- C. Crossing into the Promised Land: Remembering God's Acts (3:1-4:24)
- D. Covenant Sign and Covenant Meal (5:1-12)
- E. The Captain of the Lord's Army (5:13-15)
- F. Jericho Taken and Cursed
- Rahab Spared (6:1-27)
- G. Covenant Disobedience, Defeat, and Punishment (7:1-26)
- H. Ai Conquered and Burned (8:1-29)
- I. Blessings and Curses Proclaimed in Canaan (8:30-35)
- J. Southern Canaan Subdued (9:1-10:43)
- K. North Canaan Delivered into Israel's Hands (11:1-15)
- L. Summary Concerning the Conquest: God's Hand (11:16-23)
- M. God's Kingship Victorious Over Canaan's Kings (12:1-24)
- II. The Promised Land Distributed (13:1-22:34)
- A. God's Command to Distribute the Land (13:1-7)
- B. The Distribution of Transjordan Recalled (13:8-33)
- C. The Distribution of West Jordan Introduced (14:1-15)
- D. Judah's Allotment (15:1-63)
- E. Joseph's Allotment (16:1-17:18)
- F. Land Distribution Continued at Shiloh (18:1-10)
- G. Benjamin's Allotment (18:11-28)
- H. Simeon's Allotment (19:1-9)
- I. Zebulun's Allotment (19:10-16)
- J. Issachar's Allotment (19:17-23)
- K. Asher's Allotment (19:24-31)
- L. Naphtali's Allotment (19:32-39)
- M. Dan's Allotment (19:40-48)
- N. Joshua's Inheritance: The Allotment Concluded (19:49-51)
- O. God's Justice in God's Country: Setting Aside Cities of Asylum (20:1-9)
- P. The Levitical Cities Claimed and Assigned (21:1-42)
- Q. Grateful Recognition of the Lord's Faithfulness (21:43-45)
- R. Joshua's Farewell Address to the Transjordanian Tribes (22:1-8)
- S. The People's Unity Preserved (22:9-34)
- III. The Promised Land to Be Kept in Covenant Obedience (23:1-24:33)
- A. Joshua's Provisional Farewell (23:1-16)
- B. Covenant Renewal at Shechem (24:1-28)
- C. Three Graves in the Promised Land (24:29-33)
- Notes
- Indexes
- I. Subjects
- II. Proper Names
- III. Authors
- IV. Scripture References
