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"Israel Served the Lord" - The Book of Joshua as Paradoxical Portrait of Faithful Israel (Hardcover)
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"Israel Served the Lord" - The Book of Joshua as Paradoxical Portrait of Faithful Israel (Hardcover)
Series: Reading the Scriptures
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Two themes have dominated scholarly interpretation of the book of
Joshua within the past century: the literary "discovery" of the
Deuteronomistic History and the archaeological detection of
evidence related to Israel's occupation of Canaan. In this newest
volume in the series Reading the Scriptures, Rachel M. Billings
addresses the fragmentation often brought about by these
developments and offers a more holistic reading of Joshua, which
joins theological sophistication with an emphasis on its meaning
and purpose as a literary work. Through a hermeneutical and
literary lens, Billings analyzes the story of Rahab and Achan, the
stories of the Gibeonites and the Transjordanian altar, and the
theme of the completeness of Israel's taking of the land of Canaan.
She argues that the way in which the book of Joshua presents these
materials reminds Israel of the dynamic nature of its identity as
YHWH's people-an identity that demands a continued response of
obedience parallel to YHWH's ever-unfolding work on Israel's
behalf. The book of Joshua portrays Israel's obedience as not
merely an unattainable ideal or a thing of the past, but a living
reality that unfolds when YHWH's people acknowledge His claim upon
them and strive to serve Him.
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