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THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The Conquest of the Land
THE WOMEN'S BIBLE COMMENTARY - The Conquest of the Land
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
The Conquest of the Land (Joshua 3-12) Readers are given a good clue as to the direction of the narrative when the captain of YHWH’s army comes to Joshua with a sword in his hand (5:13). He tells Joshua, “Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy” …
The Women's Bible Commentary - Horrors of War
The Women's Bible Commentary - Horrors of War
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
Horrors of War A new section of the book commences with the superscription in 13:1, which aims the two poems that follow toward Babylon and its ruler. This is of course puzzling, since it was not Babylon but Assyria that was being discussed immediately prior, and that will reappe…
The Women's Bible Commentary - “The Daughters of Men”
The Women's Bible Commentary - “The Daughters of Men”
by SPCK - Newsom, Ringe and Lapsley
“The Daughters of Men” Women— “the daughters of men”—are also involved in another, briefer creation tale in Genesis 6:1–4 that marks the passage from ideal to reality. Here the women themselves are the fruit attracting the divine “sons of God,” members of God’s entourage in ancie…
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