Joshua, part 5: Settling a Promised Land

Ron and John May 27, 2022

Joshua, part 5: Settling a Promised Land Ron and John

The final episode in the Book of Joshua series reviews the results of Israel’s campaigns to take the land of Canaan and God’s instructions for its distribution to the tribes. The text appears to report that Israel both did and did not subdue the whole of Canaan. Ron and John discuss how we should read this in order to understand the final section of the book.

Tagged as: Old Testament, Narrative, Rhetoric, Promised Land, Canaan, Tribes.

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