The Anchor Yale Bible: Joshua (AYB)

by Robert Boling; George Ernest Wright

Publisher:

Yale University Press

, 2008

Overview

Joshua began as a collaboration between G. Ernest Wright, the distinguished biblical scholar and archaeologist, and his student, Robert G. Boling. After Wright’s death, Robert Boling, who also did the translation and commentary for Judges, finished the task alone.

Boling’s extensive treatment includes not only an entire new translation of Joshua and a complete commentary on the text, but also comprehensive notes, numerous bibliographies, four pages of illustrations, and 11 maps especially commissioned for this volume.

In addition to exhaustive research and excellent scholarship, this volume also includes Ernest Wright’s 135-page introduction, completed just before his death, which provides not only an informed foreword to the text of Joshua but also a summary of his previous writings on Israel’s formative years.

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Key Features

• Offers original translations, including alternative translations, annotations, and variants
• Provides verse-by-verse commentary on the text
• Presents the reader with historical background, including analysis of authorship and dating
• Features an extensive bibliography of primary and secondary literature

Contents

• Introduction
  • The God of Israel and the Conquest of Canaan
  • The Book of Joshua in Modern Study
  • Historical Problems of the Book of Joshua
• Joshua
  • Part I: Mobilization and Invasion 1:1–5:12
  • Part II: The Warfare 5:13–11:23
  • Part III: The Inheritance 12:1–19:51
  • Part IV: Provisions for Keeping the Peace 20:1–21:45
  • Part V: How to Avoid Civil War (22:1–34)
  • Part VI: Theology by Joshua (23:1–16)
  • Part VII: The Shechem Covenant, and Postscripts (24:1–33y)

Product Details

• Title: Joshua
• Authors: Robert G. Boling and G. Ernest Wright
• Series: Anchor Yale Bible (AYB)
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 1995
• Pages: 612

About Robert G. Boling

Robert G. Boling is a minister of the United Presbyterian Church and a professor at McCormick Theological Seminary. He belongs to the American Schools of Oriental Research, the American Academy of Religion, and the Society of Biblical Literature, and is editor of the journal Biblical Research.

About G. Ernest Wright

G. Ernest Wright is the author of numerous works on archaeology, including Biblical Archaeology and The Westminster Historical Atlas. He was also the founding editor of Biblical Archeologist. Wright died in 1974.

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