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Images of Joshua in the Bible and their reception / Zev Farber.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 457.Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2016]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110343366
  • 3110343363
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Images of Joshua in the Bible and their reception.DDC classification:
  • 222/.2092 23
LOC classification:
  • BS580.J7 F37 2016
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Biblical Joshua(s) -- Pre-biblical Joshua(s) -- Hellenistic and Second Temple Joshua(s) -- Samaritan Joshua(s) -- Early Christian Joshua(s) -- Rabbinic Joshua(s).
Summary: What is the bond between a cultural icon and the surrounding culture? Using Joshua as an exemplar, this book investigates the presentation of his character in the Bible and explores the continuities and discontinuities in his reception among classical interpreters, Jewish, Christian and Samaritan. The study of a hero shared by several cultures sheds light on the elements that bind these cultures together as well as those that keep them apart.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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What is the bond between a cultural icon and the surrounding culture? Using Joshua as an exemplar, this book investigates the presentation of his character in the Bible and explores the continuities and discontinuities in his reception among classical interpreters, Jewish, Christian and Samaritan. The study of a hero shared by several cultures sheds light on the elements that bind these cultures together as well as those that keep them apart.

Biblical Joshua(s) -- Pre-biblical Joshua(s) -- Hellenistic and Second Temple Joshua(s) -- Samaritan Joshua(s) -- Early Christian Joshua(s) -- Rabbinic Joshua(s).