"Israel served the Lord" : [manuscript] : the Book Of Joshua as paradoxical portrait of faithful Israel /

Billings, Rachel M.

"Israel served the Lord" : the Book Of Joshua as paradoxical portrait of faithful Israel / [manuscript] : by Rachel M. Billings. - Indiana.: : University of Notre Dame press, c2013. - x, 177 pages ; 23 cm. - Reading the Scriptures .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-171) and index.

Fragmentation of the Book of Joshua -- "Israel served the Lord": a hermeneutical key -- Stories of Rahab and Achan -- Gibeonites and the transjordanian altar -- Extent of Israel's occupation of the land -- Israel did serve the Lord in the Book of Joshua.

9780268022334 (pbk. : alk. paper) 026802233X (pbk. : alk. paper)

2013000462


Bible.--Joshua--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

BS1295.52 / .B55 2013

222/.206