TY - BOOK AU - Howard, David M., Jr. TI - Joshua T2 - The New American Commentary SN - 9780805401059 0805401059 AV - BS1295.3 .H68 1998 PY - 1998/// CY - Nashville, Tenn. : PB - Broadman & Holman Publishers, KW - Bible. Joshua Commentaries.Bible. O.T. Joshua Commentaries N1 - Introduction: Preparations for inheriting the land (1:1--5:15) -- Inheriting the land (6:1--12:24) -- Apportioning the land (13:1--21:45) -- Farewells (22:1--24:33) -- Excurses -- The giving of the land in Joshua -- Rahab's lie -- The identity of the angel of the Lord -- The archaeology of Jericho and Ai -- Destruction and devoted things in Joshua -- Identifying geographical entities -- Israel's inheritance of the land in Joshua -- Patterns in the land distribution lists -- Etiology in Joshua ER -