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III 111: I LIBRARY OF THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY PRINCETON, N. J. Presented by Division.JD^.Zll | ^ Section\..S^..\.-^ V/.2. Cbe JItitiotated Bible Cbe Roly Scriptures Analysed and Jinnotated BY GAEBELEIN A. C. Editor of "Our Hope" Uoiume 11 niosbua to Cbronicles PUBLICATION OFFICE "OUR HOPE" 456 Fourth Avenue, New York PICKERING & INGLIS NORTHWESTERN BIBLE 11 Bothwell Circus AND TRACT DEPOT Glasgow, Scotland Winnipeg, Manitoba Copyright 1915, byA. C. Caehelein. JOSHUA CONTENTS Page I,ntroduction j Division ofJoshua g Analysisand Annotations 10 Appendix gg The Book of Joshua* Introduction. The Book of Joshua heads in the Hebrew arrangement of the Old Testament Scriptures, that division which is called "the former Prophets," It is the first book in the Bible, which bears in its title the name of a person. Joshua means "Jehovah is Saviour"; the Greek name for Joshua is Jesus. Inour study of the previous books,begin- ning with Exodus, we have met his name at different times and have learned much of this great man of God. He was the Son of Nun, an Ephraimite (Num. xiii:8), grandson of Elishama (1 Chron. vii:26-27). In Exodus we saw him as the leader of Israel against Amalek. He is mentioned as Moses' servant and attendant (Ex. xxiv:13; xxxii:17-18); as the servant of Moses, he did not depart out of the taber- nacle (Ex. xxxiiirll). He went with Moses, up into the mount of God. We meet him again in Num. xi:27-29. In Num. xiii:9, 17 we find him as one of the spies sent to Canaan. With Calebhehadconfidencein GodandHispromises,andbravely exhorted the people to trust the Lord and go forward. His name, however, is not given at all duringthe thirty-eight years' wandering in the wilderness. In Deuteronomy he is divinelypointed outas Moses' successor. Moses andJoshua presented themselves in the tabernacleof the congregation, and after the Lord had announced the approaching death ofMoses, Joshuahearsthechargefromthelipsofthepassing leader of God's people. "Be strong and of a good courage; for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land, which I sware unto them; and I will be with thee" (Deut. xxxi:23). In the analysis and annotations of the book itselfweshall have abundantoccasion to study the character of Joshua more fully. 2 THE BOOK OF JOSHUA. The Authorship of the Book. Jewish tradition makes Joshua the author of the book which bears his name. There is no reason why this should be denied. No other person was more fitted to write down the great events, connected with the entrance of Israel into the land, than Joshua. As Moses by inspiration wrote the account of how the Lord brought out His people from Egypt, so Joshua is the instrument, divinely chosen and equipped, to give the story of how the Lord brought them in. That another person should be the author of the book of Joshua appears unreasonable. The modern critics, however, deny that Joshua had anything whatever to do with the book as we possess it. These wise men have discovered what equally learned and pious men of passed generations, seemingly, did not know. They tell us that the date of the composition of Joshua is very late and that it is not the work of one man at all, but a compilation from the same sources that have been utilized in the Pentateuch. These are termed Jeho- vist* (J.); Elohist (E.); Priestly Code (P.); Deuteronom- ist (D.) and still another Deuteronomist, termed D^. This so-called "Sciejice," higher Criticism, tries to show which is which. And to these must be added a number of redactors, revisorsandeditors,whoallhadahand in putting the book of Joshua into the shape in which we have it now. Well has it been said: "One is tempted to say of this complicated but confidently maintained scheme, that it it just too complete, toowonder- fully finished, too clever by half. Allowing most cordially the remarkable ability and ingenuity of its authors, we can hardly be expected to concede to them the power of taking topiecesabookofsuchvastantiquity, puttingitinamodern mincing machine, dividing it among so many supposed *Thelettersbehind thenamesareusedbythe Critictoindicate these different sources. W. H. Bennett in 1895 published Joshua in a number of colors, indicating the various documents.
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