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The document discusses the Book of Joshua from the Hebrew Bible and debates around its historicity and purpose. It explores themes in the Book of Joshua like holy war, centralized authority, and class conflicts. Scholars debate whether accounts were originally local traditions later edited with a pan-Israelite perspective or if the text should be understood as a historical narrative or something else entirely. Postcolonial readings question applying modern nationalism to the text.

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Joshua 7:1-12:24 Appetite for Destruction
He has written a great sermon to rally Israel to the new possibility of salvation, through obedience to the ancient covenant of YHWH, and hope in the new David, King Josiah. - Frank M. Cross - Frank M. Cross - Frank M. Cross
A Brief History of (Supposed) Biblical Time
Book of Joshua - History or What? - Importance of Dtr - Importance of Narrator
Josiah and the Dtr - Reflection on of Dtr - Re-Conquering of Israel -Connections to Joshua
油
Postcolonial Critical Objections to Historical Model
Joshua and the Dtr
Major Themes Narrators Omnipotence and Disclosure Parallels and Narrative Structures Etiologies National and Class Distinctions Josiahs Shadow
Setting the Scene
Ai, Achan, and Parallels
Narrative Components Narrators Omnipotence Corporate Guilt Process of Judgement and YHWHs Power Reflection of Josiahs Reforms
Ch. 7: Elimination of Achan
8:1-29, Ai Destroyed
8:30-8:35, Mt. Ebal Interlude
9:1-27, The Gibeonites
Main Themes Narrative History Etiology Fractured Canaanite Society Tribes vs Kings Deuteronomistic Idealizations
Chapter 10: The South
Parallels in Structure War Oracle from YHWH (10:8, 11:6) Joshua Attacks by Surprise (10:9, 11:7) YHWH On Israels Side (10:10-14, 11:8) Joshua Kills Kings, Destroys Towns (10:16-39, 11:10-15) Summary of Destruction (10:40-43, 11:16-20)
Parallels in Themes Struggle Against Highlanders Struggle Against Lowlanders
11:1-15, The North
11:16-12:24, Final Tally
Take Aways Holy War and Modern Sensibilities Central Authority Class Wars History and Narrative
One More Thing...
History Written by the Victors
But what is history? And what is the Deuteronomistic History?
DH as Palimpsest?
Albrecht Alt and Martin Noth drew the conclusion that these accounts were originally local traditions from the end of the second millennium BCE; their purpose was to explain the settlement of the tribe of Benjamin. Later, a Judean editor would have collected and revised these etiologies, applying to them a pan-Israelite perspective. - Thomas Romer
Romer asks... Should we speak of a Deuteronomistic movement, a Deuteronomistic party, or a Deuteronomistic school, or are there other terms to be preferred?
The people of Josiahs kingdom were unfamiliar with the modern understanding of the nation, and Josiahs kingdom never developed into one... Is it possible to understand space without applying the discourse of nationalism that equates identity and authority of the land with the centralized power? Is it possible to imagine Josiah in an alternative space from the one constructed by the West? -Uriah Kim
It is not the historian who stages events, weaving them together to form a plot, but History itself. History is the playwright, coordinating facts into a coherent sequence: the historian narrating what happened is merely a copyist or amanuensis. He is a spectator like anyone else and, whatever he may think of the performance, he does not question the stage conventions. - Paul Carter, The Road to Botany Bay
Further Reading Decolonizing Josiah: Toward a Postcolonial Reading of the Deuteronomistic History by Uriah Kim, Sheffield Phoenix, 2005 The So-Called Deuteronomistic History by Thomas Romer, T&T Clark Intl, 2005

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Joshua 7-12

  • 1. Joshua 7:1-12:24 Appetite for Destruction
  • 2. He has written a great sermon to rally Israel to the new possibility of salvation, through obedience to the ancient covenant of YHWH, and hope in the new David, King Josiah. - Frank M. Cross - Frank M. Cross - Frank M. Cross
  • 3. A Brief History of (Supposed) Biblical Time
  • 4. Book of Joshua - History or What? - Importance of Dtr - Importance of Narrator
  • 5. Josiah and the Dtr - Reflection on of Dtr - Re-Conquering of Israel -Connections to Joshua
  • 6. 油
  • 7. Postcolonial Critical Objections to Historical Model
  • 9. Major Themes Narrators Omnipotence and Disclosure Parallels and Narrative Structures Etiologies National and Class Distinctions Josiahs Shadow
  • 11. Ai, Achan, and Parallels
  • 12. Narrative Components Narrators Omnipotence Corporate Guilt Process of Judgement and YHWHs Power Reflection of Josiahs Reforms
  • 13. Ch. 7: Elimination of Achan
  • 14. 8:1-29, Ai Destroyed
  • 15. 8:30-8:35, Mt. Ebal Interlude
  • 17. Main Themes Narrative History Etiology Fractured Canaanite Society Tribes vs Kings Deuteronomistic Idealizations
  • 19. Parallels in Structure War Oracle from YHWH (10:8, 11:6) Joshua Attacks by Surprise (10:9, 11:7) YHWH On Israels Side (10:10-14, 11:8) Joshua Kills Kings, Destroys Towns (10:16-39, 11:10-15) Summary of Destruction (10:40-43, 11:16-20)
  • 20. Parallels in Themes Struggle Against Highlanders Struggle Against Lowlanders
  • 23. Take Aways Holy War and Modern Sensibilities Central Authority Class Wars History and Narrative
  • 25. History Written by the Victors
  • 26. But what is history? And what is the Deuteronomistic History?
  • 28. Albrecht Alt and Martin Noth drew the conclusion that these accounts were originally local traditions from the end of the second millennium BCE; their purpose was to explain the settlement of the tribe of Benjamin. Later, a Judean editor would have collected and revised these etiologies, applying to them a pan-Israelite perspective. - Thomas Romer
  • 29. Romer asks... Should we speak of a Deuteronomistic movement, a Deuteronomistic party, or a Deuteronomistic school, or are there other terms to be preferred?
  • 30. The people of Josiahs kingdom were unfamiliar with the modern understanding of the nation, and Josiahs kingdom never developed into one... Is it possible to understand space without applying the discourse of nationalism that equates identity and authority of the land with the centralized power? Is it possible to imagine Josiah in an alternative space from the one constructed by the West? -Uriah Kim
  • 31. It is not the historian who stages events, weaving them together to form a plot, but History itself. History is the playwright, coordinating facts into a coherent sequence: the historian narrating what happened is merely a copyist or amanuensis. He is a spectator like anyone else and, whatever he may think of the performance, he does not question the stage conventions. - Paul Carter, The Road to Botany Bay
  • 32. Further Reading Decolonizing Josiah: Toward a Postcolonial Reading of the Deuteronomistic History by Uriah Kim, Sheffield Phoenix, 2005 The So-Called Deuteronomistic History by Thomas Romer, T&T Clark Intl, 2005