The Joshua Generation: Conquest and the Promised Land

I set out to read the book of Joshua together with its most literal interpreters - those who enacted a version of the war for the Promised Land - and suggest that interpretations of the book are always bound up with current ideas about war and territorial rights. In particular, I analyze how David B...

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Published in:Critical research on religion
Main Author: Havrelock, Rachel S. 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2013]
In: Critical research on religion
Further subjects:B Occupation
B Regionalism
B national myth
B history of interpretation
B David Ben-Gurion
B book of Joshua
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