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HistoryThe Joshua Generation: Israeli Occupation and the Bible
Rachel Havrelock
How a controversial biblical tale of conquest and genocide became a founding story of modern Israel
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No biblical text has been more central to the politics of modern Israel than the book of Joshua. Named after a military leader who became the successor to Moses, it depicts the march of the ancient Israelites into Canaan, describing how they subjugated and massacred the indigenous peoples. The Joshua Generation examines the book’s centrality to the Israeli occupation today, revealing why nationalist longing and social reality are tragically out of sync in the Promised Land.
Though the book of Joshua was largely ignored and reviled by diaspora Jews, the leaders of modern Israel have invoked it to promote national cohesion. Critics of occupation, meanwhile, have denounced it as a book that celebrates genocide. Rachel Havrelock looks at the composition of Joshua, showing how it reflected the fractious nature of ancient Israelite society and a desire to unify the populace under a strong monarchy. She describes how David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, convened a study group at his home in the late 1950s, where generals, politicians, and professors reformulated the story of Israel’s founding in the language of Joshua. Havrelock traces how Ben-Gurion used a brutal tale of conquest to unite an immigrant population of Jews of different ethnicities and backgrounds, casting modern Israelis and Palestinians as latter-day Israelites and Canaanites.
Providing an alternative reading of Joshua, The Joshua Generation finds evidence of a decentralized society composed of tribes, clans, and woman-run households, one with relevance to today when diverse peoples share the dwindling resources of a scarred land.
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HistoryThe Joshua Generation: Israeli Occupation and the Bible
Rachel Havrelock
How a controversial biblical tale of conquest and genocide became a founding story of modern Israel
Hardcover
Price:$35.00 / £30.00ISBN:9780691198934 Published:06/30/2020Copyright:2020Pages:264Size:6.13 x 9.25 in.5 b/w illus. 5 maps.More
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No biblical text has been more central to the politics of modern Israel than the book of Joshua. Named after a military leader who became the successor to Moses, it depicts the march of the ancient Israelites into Canaan, describing how they subjugated and massacred the indigenous peoples. The Joshua Generation examines the book’s centrality to the Israeli occupation today, revealing why nationalist longing and social reality are tragically out of sync in the Promised Land.
Though the book of Joshua was largely ignored and reviled by diaspora Jews, the leaders of modern Israel have invoked it to promote national cohesion. Critics of occupation, meanwhile, have denounced it as a book that celebrates genocide. Rachel Havrelock looks at the composition of Joshua, showing how it reflected the fractious nature of ancient Israelite society and a desire to unify the populace under a strong monarchy. She describes how David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, convened a study group at his home in the late 1950s, where generals, politicians, and professors reformulated the story of Israel’s founding in the language of Joshua. Havrelock traces how Ben-Gurion used a brutal tale of conquest to unite an immigrant population of Jews of different ethnicities and backgrounds, casting modern Israelis and Palestinians as latter-day Israelites and Canaanites.
Providing an alternative reading of Joshua, The Joshua Generation finds evidence of a decentralized society composed of tribes, clans, and woman-run households, one with relevance to today when diverse peoples share the dwindling resources of a scarred land.
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若蘇厄書:Chapter 1
Index
| 若蘇厄書:Chapter 1 | Next |
| 1上主的僕人梅瑟死了以後，上主對農的兒子，梅瑟的侍從若蘇厄說： |
| 2「我的僕人梅瑟死了，你現在起來，和全體百姓過約但河，往我賜給他們，即以色列子民的地方去。 |
| 3凡你們的腳踏過的地方，照我對梅瑟說的，我必賜給你們： |
| 4從曠野直到黎巴嫩，由大河，即幼發拉的河，赫特人的全境，直到大海日落之地，都是你們的領土。 |
| 5你有生之日，沒有人能抵抗你；過去我怎樣和梅瑟同在，也要怎樣和你同在，決不離開你，決不棄捨你。 |
| 6你應勇敢果斷，因為你必須使這百姓，佔領我曾向他們祖先起誓賜給他們作產業的地方。 |
| 7你只須勇敢，堅決果斷，不偏左右，謹守奉行我僕人梅瑟所吩咐你的一切訓示，好使你無往不利。 |
| 8這部法律書總不要離開你的口，你要日夜默思，好叫你能謹守奉行其中所記載的一切；這樣，你作事必能順利，必能成功。 |
| 9我不是吩咐了你，你應勇敢果斷嗎？所以你不要害怕，也不要膽怯，因為你無論到那裏，上主你的天主必與你同在。」 |
| 10以後若蘇厄向百姓的官長下令說： |
| 11「你們應走遍全營，吩咐百姓說：你們應準備食物，因為還有三天，就要過這約但河，去佔領上主你們的天主賜予你們作產業的土地。」 |
| 12若蘇厄又對勒烏本人、加得人和默納協半支派的人說： |
| 13「你們應記起上主的僕人梅瑟吩咐你們的事。他說過：上主你們的天主將這地賜給你們，使你們獲得安居， |
| 14你們的婦孺和牲畜，可留在梅瑟在約但河東賜給你們的地方；但你們中所有的英勇戰士，都應武裝起來，在你們弟兄前過河，協助他們， |
| 15直到上主使你們的弟兄，像你們一樣，佔領了上主你們的天主，賜給他們作為產業的地方，獲得了安居，然後你們方可回到你們所得作為產業的地方，即上主的僕人梅瑟在約但河東，日出之地，賜予你們的地方。」 |
| 16他們回答若蘇厄說：「凡你命令我們的，我們必都照辦；凡你派我們去的地方，我們一定去。 |
| 17我們在一切事上怎樣服從了梅瑟，也怎樣服從你；惟願上主你的天主與你同在，如與梅瑟同在一樣。 |
| 18無論誰違背你的命令，不服從你吩咐他的一切訓示，必處死刑。但你應該勇敢果斷。」 |
| 若蘇厄書:Chapter 1 |
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