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Recognizing that Old Testament studies today are in a state of flux as never before and that the Book of Joshua seems to be at the crossroads of this animated discussion. Marten Woudstra here takes into careful account the various views represented by recent scholarship as well as Hebrew usage and text-critical concerns. Woudstra demonstrates that the central theme in Joshua, to which everything...

of promise. The patriarchal narratives already employ the verb “to give” with respect to what God will do with the land of promise (Gen. 12:7; 13:15; 15:18; 26:3–4).22 The book of Joshua thus means to inform its readers of the fulfilment of the ancient promise,23 although a comparison of 13:1 with 11:23 indicates that the promise is only partially fulfilled. This constitutes the “already-not yet” dimension, so typical of the entire OT, and provides an eschatological aspect which is more fully developed
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