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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...

(Deut 32:4; 2 Sam 22:31=Ps 18:31; Ps 19:8). It is the demand made on the person who would enter the cultic worship (Ps 15:2) and the confession of innocence by the worshiper (2 Sam 22:24=Ps 18:24; cf. 37:18; 84:12; 101:2, 6). The wisdom writers use the term sparingly to refer to the righteous man who is blessed before God (Job 12:4; 36:4; Prov 2:21; 11:20; 28:10). Here then is a norm set up for men (Deut 18:13), but seldom ascribed to a man. The man who achieves it is often the victim of ridicule
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