{"product_id":"reading-joshua-as-christian-scripture-douglas-s-earl-9781575067018","title":"Reading Joshua as Christian Scripture","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe book of \u003ci\u003eJoshua\u003c\/i\u003e has been received and used as Christian Scripture throughout Christian history. The challenge today, however, is how Christians should appropriately continue to read \u003ci\u003eJoshua\u003c\/i\u003e as Scripture, not least in the light of well-known historical and ethical difficulties with the narrative. In \u003ci\u003eReading Joshua as Christian Scripture\u003c\/i\u003e, Douglas Earl draws on conceptual resources offered by recent anthropological approaches to myth and combines this with a close literary reading of the text, in order to argue that Joshua is misconstrued when it is treated as a historical account of conquest. Instead, in its ancient Israelite context \u003ci\u003eJoshua\u003c\/i\u003e functioned to reshape accepted norms of community identity, as reflected in the book of Deuteronomy, by forming a new \"cultural memory.\" Furthermore, Earl reconsiders the traditional notion of the \"spiritual sense\" of Scripture in terms of a rich account of symbol and also makes use of the narrative hermeneutics of Paul Ricoeur. The result is a fresh and unexpected reading of \u003ci\u003eJoshua\u003c\/i\u003e as Christian Scripture that develops the original function of the narrative in a way that resonates with classic premodern readings and is also challenging to contemporary Christian understandings of identity and faithfulness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas S. Earl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1575067013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781575067018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Eisenbrauns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d","brand":"Douglas S. Earl","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44124893151487,"sku":"9781575067018","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_989d782f-862f-4cbc-a346-1c0fe5b97787.jpg?v=1687439436","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-joshua-as-christian-scripture-douglas-s-earl-9781575067018","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}