«Take Off Your Sandals from Your Feet!»: An Exegetical Study of Josh 5,13-15 (Oesterreichische Biblische Studien #32) (Paperback)

«Take Off Your Sandals from Your Feet!»: An Exegetical Study of Josh 5,13-15 (Oesterreichische Biblische Studien #32) By Georg Braulik (Editor), Blazej Strba Cover Image
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This is book number 32 in the Oesterreichische Biblische Studien series.

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The aim of this exegetical study of Josh 5,13-15 is to propose an understanding of this short narrative in its own proximate (Josh 1-6) but also larger (Gen-Josh) context. It shows that the triple installation of Joshua into his leading role - by Eleazar, Moses, and directly by Yahweh - is crucial for an understanding of our text. The final divine installation provides Joshua with the same authority as Moses. Joshua as leader, enjoying the same assistance from Yahweh as did Moses, is the only prophet like Moses under whom the final realization of the promise - the entry into the Promised Land - will take place. The salvific era inaugurated in Exod 3 extends right up to Josh 3-4. Thus Yahweh's encounter with Joshua (5,13-15) inaugurates a new salvific era. Its narrator evokes the fulfilment of the ancient promise and its actualisation through deliberate links to the theophanies of the patriarchs and creates an unshakable hope that the gift of land will be realised.


Product Details
ISBN: 9783631575994
ISBN-10: 3631575998
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
Publication Date: March 6th, 2008
Pages: 408
Language: English
Series: Oesterreichische Biblische Studien