"Israel Served the Lord": The Book of Joshua as Paradoxical Portrait of Faithful Israel

by Rachel M. Billings

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026802233X
• ISBN13: 9780268022334
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"