The Joshua Generation : : Israeli Occupation and the Bible / / Rachel Havrelock.

How a controversial biblical tale of conquest and genocide became a founding story of modern IsraelNo biblical text has been more central to the politics of modern Israel than the book of Joshua. Named after a military leader who became the successor to Moses, it depicts the march of the ancient Isr...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DTL Humanities 2020
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.) :; 5 b/w illus. 5 maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Endless War
  • 1. The Conquest of Land and Language
  • 2. “So Very Much Left to Conquer” and the Persistence of the Local
  • 3. The Joshua Study Group at the Home of David Ben-Gurion
  • 4. The Tribes of Joshua Land
  • Conclusion. End This War
  • Index