The Book of Joshua contains the papers of the Colloquium Biblicum
Lovaniense 2010 on the Book of Joshua and the Land of Israel. Not
for the sake of plurality as such, but as a signal of the state of the
art in Joshua research in the post-Noth era this volume functions as a
platform for different approaches in exegetical and historical studies.
Text-critical, redaction-critical and compositional studies, as well as
final text reading are offered. The papers are grouped together in six
thematic clusters: Text, Versions and Terminology; Tradition,
Composition and Context; History, Archaeology and Geography; Crossing
the Jordan; Jericho and Violence; History of Reception.




Starting with the question which text we read (MT, LXX, 4QJosha) the
book engages not only in the recent Pentateuch-Hexateuch debate, but
also in the problematic fields of (divine) violence and the land.
Therefore an important section deals with the history of reception,
starting with the Book of Maccabees, Philo, Josephus, the New Testament
and ending up with two examples of reception in recent times.