TOTC Joshua.

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).