Name: "Israel Served the Lord": The Book of Joshua as Paradoxical Portrait of Faithful Israel (nd Reading the Scriptures)
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Author: Rachel M. Billings
ISBN: 9780268022334

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"Israel Served the Lord": The Book of Joshua as Paradoxical Portrait of Faithful Israel (nd Reading the Scriptures)

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Physical Book

Publisher

University Of Notre Dame Press

Author

Rachel M. Billings

Year

2013

Language

English

Pages

177

Format

Paperback

ISBN

026802233x

ISBN13

9780268022334

Edition No.

Synopsis ""Israel Served the Lord": The Book of Joshua as Paradoxical Portrait of Faithful Israel (nd Reading the Scriptures) "

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 analyses 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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