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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...

Joshua had said in absolute terms that this could not be done. Any interpreter who overlooks this positive statement does a basic injustice to the author’s intention. Of course, the author’s comment does contain a hidden note of future trouble. But this is not Judges, where the same statement occurs in quite a different context (Judg. 2:7). Each book must be permitted to make its own contribution to the ongoing revelation of God. A major component of the book, and one with rich theological implications,
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