Chapter 8 That Joshua could teach Defense Secretary Rumsfeld a thing or two about strategy (and the value of overwhelming force). Joshua returns to Ai with 30,000 soldiers, 10 times as many as for the ...

How can a good God command—and engage in—unspeakable horrors? To take perhaps the most salient example from the Bible, readers both ancient and modern have been perplexed by the notion that God ...

“Thou shalt call his name Joshua.” Thus the angelic command to Joseph might well read in our English versions of the Bible, for our Lord bore the name of the great captain of Israel in ancient times.

The Book of Joshua, found in the Bible, tells of how one of Moses’ assistants who built an altar of stones where the Israelites made peace offerings. Much later in the book, when Joshua was old and ...

Moses looks into the Promised Land from the summit of Mount Nebo in the land of Moab. The mighty Joshua leads the procession around the impenetrable walls of the fortress of Jericho, acting on faith ...

The historicity of the Bible is a hotly debated topic of research although many scripture experts claim the archaeological record can vouch for the Bible. Biblical texts like the Book of Kings, Joshua ...

The different books that make up the Christian holy scripture, the Bible. The Bible is not just one book, but an entire library, with stories, songs, poetry, letters and history, as well as literature ...