'Joshua and the Rhetoric of Violence' examines the book of Joshua
as a construction of national identity. This pioneering New
Historicist analysis shows how the Deuteronomist used war oracle
language and epic historical lore to negotiate sociopolitical
boundaries. It asserts that text and context interacted in a
programme consolidating King Josiah's authority in the wake of
Assyrian imperial collapse. The book argues that the conquest
narrative is not simple 'us against them' propaganda but a complex
web of negotiations defining identity and otherness. The analysis
draws on Foucault's principle that power is something exercised
rather than merely possessed.
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