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.
In the present day in which ideologies of religion, race, and territorial possession have given rise to countless expressions of violence, Hawk expresses the particular value of reading Joshua. The Joshua story holds a mirror up to all who regard themselves as the people of God. The reflection is both repelling and inspiring but until we confront it, what it truly means to be the chosen people of God will remain elusive.
Chapters are ‘Rights of Passage (1:1-18), ‘ ‘Who’s Who in the Promised Land? (2:1-12:24), ‘ ‘Strangers in the Night (2:1-24), ‘ ‘Changing State (3:1-4:24), ‘ ‘First Things First (5:1-15), ‘ ‘Going in Circles (6:1-27), ‘ ‘Ai Spy (7:1-8:35), ‘ ‘Foiled Again (9:1-10:27), ‘ ‘Conquering Canaanites (10:28-12:24), ‘ ‘Organizing Israel (13:1-21:45), ‘ ‘Altar Egos (22:1-34), ‘ ‘Unfinished Business (23:1-18), ‘ and ‘Decisions, Decisions (24:1-33).’ Includes twelve charts that lay out structural features of the book.
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Chapter One: Rights of Passage (1:1-18). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter Two: Who’s Who in the Promised Land? (2:1–12:24). . . . . 19
Chapter Three: Strangers in the Night (2:1-24). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Chapter Four: Changing State (3:1–4:24). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Chapter Five: First Things First (5:1-15). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Chapter Six: Going in Circles (6:1-27) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Chapter Seven: Ai Spy (7:1–8:35) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Chapter Eight: Foiled Again (9:1–10:27). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Chapter Nine: Conquering Canaanites (10:28–12:24) . . . . . . . . . . 157
Chapter Ten: Organizing Israel (13:1–21:45) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Chapter Eleven: Altar Egos (22:1-34). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Chapter Twelve: Unfinished Business (23:1-16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Chapter Thirteen: Decisions, Decisions (24:1-33). . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
For Further Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Scripture Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Subject Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Charts
1: Outsiders Included:
The Common Plot of the Rahab and Gibeon Stories . . . . . . . . 25
2: Insiders Excluded: The Plot of Achan’s Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3: The Common Tale of Two Doomed Cities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4: Command and Execution at the Jordan Crossing . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
5:Command and Execution at Jericho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
6: The Campaigns Against Sihon and Og. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
7: The Battle at Ai (8:1-29) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
8: The Battle at the Waters of Merom (11:1-15) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
9: The Southern Campaign (10:28-39) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
10: The Structure of 13:1–21:45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
11: The Common Plot of the Stories of Occupation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
12: The Structure of the Jordan Conflict. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Sobre el autor
L. Daniel Hawk, Ph.D., is professor of Old Testament at Ashland Theological Seminary.
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