The God of Joshua…Give or Take the Land

YHWH, the God of Israel, is not only a character embedded in the plot of the Book of Joshua. YHWH is the chief protagonist and the engine that drives the plot. Even when there are other actors in the plot, notably Joshua, their performances in the plot are at the behest of and in response to the int...

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Main Author: Brueggemann, Walter 1933- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2012
In: Interpretation
Year: 2012, Volume: 66, Issue: 2, Pages: 164-175
Further subjects:B Social-scientific Approach
B Violence
B Covenant
B Historical Criticism
B Yhwh
B Ricoeur
B Joshua
B Land
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Summary:YHWH, the God of Israel, is not only a character embedded in the plot of the Book of Joshua. YHWH is the chief protagonist and the engine that drives the plot. Even when there are other actors in the plot, notably Joshua, their performances in the plot are at the behest of and in response to the intention of YHWH.
ISSN:2159-340X
Contains:Enthalten in: Interpretation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0020964311434877