Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries; Joshua; Contents; Introduction; Analysis; Commentary; Additional notes; Maps; General preface; Author's Preface; Chief Abbreviations; Introduction; Title and text; The person of Joshua; (a) The Pentateuch; (b) The book of Joshua; Antiquity; Composition; (a) Traditional higher-critical methods; (b) Literary strategies; Theology; (a) Holy war and the ban; (b) The land as an inheritance; (c) The covenant between God and Israel; (d) The holy and redeeming God; The allotments of Joshua 13-21; (a) Form and dates of the literature; (b) The identification of sites.
Analysis1. THE CONQUEST (1:1-12:24); 2. THE ISRAELITE TRIBAL ALLOTMENTS (13:1-21:45); 3. THE CONCLUSION: PROPER WORSHIP OF GOD (22:1-24:33); COMMENTARY; 1. The Conquest (1:1-12:24); a. The book's goal and procedure (1:1-18); b. Rahab and the mission of the spies (2:1-24); c. Rites of passage across the Jordan River (3:1-4:24); Additional note: Aetiologies; d. Rites of preparation: circumcision (5:1-12); e. The first assault: the capture of Jericho (5:13-6:27); Additional note: The archaeology of Jericho; Additional note: The date of the entrance into Canaan.
F. The second assault, part 1: the defeat at Ai and its consequences (7:1-26)Additional note: The archaeology of Ai; g. The second assault, part 2: the victory at Ai (8:1-29); h. The covenant at Mount Ebal (8:30-35); Additional note: Joshua's altar on Mount Ebal?; i. Summary of the threat against Israel (9:1-2); j. The Gibeonite exception (9:3-27); k. Victory over the leader of Jerusalem and the coalition of southern Canaan (10:1-43); a. Summary (10:7-10).; b. God's role in the battle (10:11-15).; c. Israel's role in the battle (10:16-43).; l. Victory over the northern coalition (11:1-11).
M. By divine command: a summary of the whole conquest (11:12-23)n. An outline of the conquest (12:1-24); Additional note: The location of Heshbon; 2. The Israelite Tribal Allotments (13:1-21:45); a. The remaining land (13:1-7); 3. The Conclusion: Proper Worship of God (22:1-24:33); a. The disputed altar (22:1-34); b. The farewell address (23:1-16); c. The covenant at Shechem (24:1-27); d. The settlement in the land (24:28-33).