“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.

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 ...

If these are indeed the last days of Benjamin Netanyahu’s reign as Prime Minister of Israel, then one of his most notable parting gifts will have been the political rehabilitation of the strand of ...

The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Old Testament, and tells the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile. It details the campaigns of the Israelites in central, ...

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 ...

If these are indeed the last days of Benjamin Netanyahu’s reign as prime minister of Israel, then one of his most notable parting gifts will have been the political rehabilitation of the strand of ...

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This book is the second in the group of historical books (Joshua—II Kings) which are called by the Jews the Former Prophets and which cover the period from the death of Moses to the Babylonian ...