[b-hebrew] Sun and moon in Joshua 10 (was "Silver Scrolls")
George Athas
George.Athas at moore.edu.au
Tue Jan 27 02:58:38 EST 2009
Kevin, the 'storm' hypothesis makes this event far from unique. You have similar storming theophanies in Exod 9; Jdg 4-5; 1 Sam 7 and 12. Are you arguing that the author of Joshua did not know of these other traditions? Alternatively, the uniqueness of the event, which the text is so adamant to maintain, is totally nullified. If, however, the text is really trying to describe what it seems to say at face value - that the sun and moon stood still in the sky - then the uniqueness of the event is upheld.
Regards,
GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
www.moore.edu.au
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