JOSHUA: NO FALLING WORDS
By Dale Ralph Davis
Christian Focus. 204 pages. £7.99
ISBN 185792 602 1
It is not easy to sustain interest in the book of Joshua, since the dramatic events of the crossing of the Jordan into the promised land and the fall of Jericho soon give way to chapters of land surveys and other lists.
However, this commentary by the Professor of Old Testament at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, Mississippi, USA, certainly holds the attention and more. Placing a basically early date on the book, he sees its purpose as having been written initially to address the wayward generation of the time of the Judges, 'when Israel had no king and everyone did as he saw fit.' That generation needed to know what the Lord had done for the nation in the past and to hear the message from Joshua of God's absolute fidelity to all his promises. It is a message that could not be more relevant to the contemporary church.
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