Biblical Historical Context

A Christian layman’s perspective on the intersection between archaeology, historical criticism, text, and faith.

Joshua 10 and 11: Genre and Annihilation

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What Pharaoh Merneptah, the Philistines, and Germany-Brazil 2014 can tell us about phrases like ‘they did not leave any who breathed’.

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On closer inspection these conquest accounts don’t look like what we expect from historical narrative at all.

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In this first post in a series on Joshua 10 & 11 we take a look at the many difficulties presented by a careful reading of the chapters.

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