Joshua (Baker Commentary on the Old Testament)
Overview
John Goldingay is one of the most prolific and creative Old Testament scholars working today. In this book he draws on the best of biblical scholarship as well as the Christian tradition to offer a substantive and useful commentary on Joshua. The commentary is both critically engaged and sensitive to the theological contributions of the text.
Goldingay treats Joshua as an ancient Israelite document that speaks to 21st-century Christians. He examines the text section by section—offering a fresh translation, textual notes, paragraph-level commentary, and theological reflection—and addresses important issues and problems that flow from the text and its discussion.
This volume, the first in a new series on the Historical Books, complements the successful Baker Commentary on the Old Testament: Wisdom and Psalms series (series volumes have sold over 65,000 copies). Each series volume is grounded in rigorous scholarship but useful for those who preach and teach. The series editors are Lissa M. Wray Beal (Wycliffe College, University of Toronto), and David G. Firth (Trinity College, Bristol).
- Addresses important issues and problems that flow from the text and its discussion
- Offers a fresh translation, textual notes, paragraph-level commentary, and theological reflection
- Grounded in rigorous scholarship but useful for those who preach and teach
John Goldingay writes a lot of books, but I never tire of reading them. In this masterful commentary on the book of Joshua, Goldingay offers readers a fresh translation, fascinating textual insights, rich literary wisdom, and surprisingly relevant connections to current popular culture. While Joshua's ethically troubling narrative has prompted many attempts to make sense of it, Goldingay manages to engage the problems without being consumed by them. And all along the way, he consistently challenges readers to reflect on how God might be speaking through this problematic book to us today.
—David T. Lamb, MacRae Professor of Old Testament, Missio Seminary
Join John Goldingay for another winsome engagement with the biblical text, this time Joshua. Consider his creative insights into what is going on in this most difficult of books. Reflect on the questions he asks and his interaction with scholarship. In the end, you cannot help but benefit from this excellent commentary on Joshua.
—Richard S. Hess, Distinguished Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages, Denver Seminary
As we have come to expect, John Goldingay, in his newest commentary, provides a vibrant and down-to-earth engagement with the book of Joshua, challenging interpreters at every turn to reconsider their assumptions and think about the text afresh. Readers can expect to find stimulating literary, theological, and canonical reflections as they engage anew one of the most consequential books of the Hebrew Bible.
—Michelle Knight, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
- Title: Joshua
- Author: John Goldingay
- Series: Baker Commentary on the Old Testament
- Publisher: Baker Academic
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Pages: 507
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. O.T. Joshua › Commentaries
- ISBNs: 9781493440054, 9781493440061, 9781540964618, 1493440055, 1493440063, 1540964612
- Resource ID: LLS:BCOTWP06JOS
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-11-27T17:34:36Z