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Re: (Joshua / Judges) The Shape of Authority of Israelite Tradition

From: George Athas <gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au>
To: Andrew C Smith <a.c.smith AT juno.com>
Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: (Joshua / Judges) The Shape of Authority of Israelite Tradition
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 16:12:58 +1100

I'd suggest another interpretation of Joshua: that it is a condensed, and thus
idealised, version of how Israelites conquered the land. So, perhaps some of
those
kings listed as conquered by Joshua were actually conquered centuries later,
but for
ideological reasons, were attributed to one single campaign of Joshua.

Regards,
GEORGE ATHAS
Dept of Semitic Studies,
University of Sydney
- Email: gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au
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(Joshua / Judges) The Shape of Authority of Israelite Tradition, Andrew C Smith, 02/02/1999
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