English summary: The Book of Joshua relates the settlement of the people of Israel in the Promised Land after the Exodus. Its position within the Hebrew Bible is unique. On the one hand, it resumes and ends the Exodus account after Moses' death, shortly before entering the land of Canaan. On the other hand, it sets the beginning of a new era in Israel's history: the occupation of the Promised Land until the deportation to Babylon. Joshua is thus at the heart of numerous theological debates on the historical dimension of these conquest accounts, or the redaction of the Hebrew Bible u...
English summary: The Book of Joshua relates the settlement of the people of Israel in the Promised Land after the Exodus. Its position within the Hebr...