This dissertation examines the text of Joshua 3:1-5:1 by employing narratological and translation technique methods. Overall, it has been estimated, the Greek version of Joshua is 4-5% shorter than the MT. Most scholars would argue that the shorter version of LXX-Joshua reflects…
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By the second half of the twentieth century studies in the book of Joshua had reached an impasse. Avenues of interpretation proposed by historians, archaelologists, sociologists and literary critics seem to have exhausted all of the possibilities for understanding the book of Jo…
The problem of God punishing children for the sins of the fathers in the Old Testament has been one of the main subjects of scholarly disputes. This project investigates this issue with focus on the biblical Herem with special reference to Achan's case in Josh 5:13–8:29. This st…
This study evolved from the question: Do the two major OT collections of miracle narratives associated with Moses/Joshua and Elijah/Elisha have common characteristics that may be distinguished from other more ordinary OT miracle narratives? Then another question arises: What sig…
This dissertation examines the place of chapters 3 and 4 in the larger argument of Hebrews, particularly the relationship of the people of God in Heb 3:7–4:13 to the surrounding discussion of the high priest. The connection between the great high priest and the people of God pro…
This dissertation seeks to better understand the biblical book of Joshua by utilizing Babylonian kudurrus as a contextual genre. It begins by first assembling a consistent group of kudurrus and then attempting to understand and evaluate them on their own terms. The contextual wo…
This dissertation pursues a close reading of the literary structure of Joshua 5:2–15 to identify its narrative strategy and to propose a potential rhetorical effect upon its implied reader. The discussion focuses on how the way the story is told persuades the reader to respond. …
The reign of King Baldwin I (1100-1118) has thus far received little noteworthy attention by historians as the important pivotal period following the First Crusade conquest of Jerusalem in 1099. The two decades of his rule marked the extension of Latin conquests in the east, mos…
Joshua son of Nun is an iconic figure of Israelite cultural memory described at length in the Hebrew Bible and venerated in numerous religious traditions. My dissertation is both a text study and a cultural memory study. As such it tackles reception as well as redaction history,…