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Joshua

Joshua

Hardcover

Series: Berit Olam

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ISBN10: 0814650422
ISBN13: 9780814650424
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: Dec 1 2000
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.46
Height: 1.24 Width: 6.34 Depth: 9.33
Language: English

What does Joshua hold to be the essential marks of Israelite identity? What distinguishes Israel from all other peoples? In tracking these themes, L. Daniel Hawk reveals in Joshua a profound struggle to define the people of the God of Israel.

Hawk shows that the themes surrounding Joshua express fundamental markers of national identity: religious practice (obedience to the commandments of Moses), ethnic separation (extermination of the peoples of Canaan), and possession of land (the land that YHWH gives). Through the medium of narrative, Joshua tests each of these markers and demonstrates that none clearly characterize the people of God. Instead, Joshua presents Israel as a nation fundamentally constituted by choosing: YHWH's choosing of Israel and Israel's choosing of YHWH.

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