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Reconstruct the formative years of the people of Israel with Trent C. Butler. Address a range of issues emerging from Joshua, including the historicity and form of its narratives, its textual history, and its theological significance. Combine the tools of textual and literary analysis to provide a new perspective from which to appreciate the value of the book, and evaluate modern critical...

was Torah for his disciples (8:16). The wise man also produced Torah (Prov 13:14), a task which may have ultimately had its roots in the family (Prov 1:8; 4:4, 11). Hosea chaps. 4 and 8 introduce the idea of a collected body of traditions called Torah. This may rest on a similar tradition as that found infrequently in the Tetrateuch (Gen 26:5; Exod 13:9; 16:4, 28). Torah is attributed to Moses in the earlier sources only in Exod 18:16–20; 24:12. Even the basic core of Deuteronomy does not appear
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