Joshua (Old Testament Library | OLT)
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Overview
Richard D. Nelson addresses the textual problems critical to a full understanding of Joshua and offers historical, literary, and theological insights in this balanced commentary. The redaction history of the text is examined and presented in a way that brings clarity to interpretation for an academic audience.
Top Highlights
“Although the book is clearly the product of multilayered tradition and a process of literary growth, the final canonical form can be understood as a self-contained and coherent literary whole.” (Page 1)
“would have favored the growth of a unified narrative of origins. Any such narrative” (Pages 4–5)
“an alternate social system was developing in the highlands” (Page 4)
- Title: Joshua: A Commentary
- Author: Richard D. Nelson
- Edition: First edition
- Series: The Old Testament Library
- Publisher: Westminster John Knox
- Print Publication Date: 1997
- Logos Release Date: 2017
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. O.T. Joshua › Commentaries
- ISBNs: 0664219411, 9780664219413
- Resource ID: LLS:OTL06JOS
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:33:12Z