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Joshua
3:7-17
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NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser. |
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The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc. |
| The Blue Letter Bible.
KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries. |
| The World
Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons. |
| Yehoshua
3: Massoretic, Hebrew, JPS. |
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
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I.XVIII.4,
Adversus Haereses,
Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180) |
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IV.20,
Against Marcion,
Tertullian (c. 210) |
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V.II,
The
Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena),
Hippolytus of Rome. (c. 225) |
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VI.26,
Commentary on the Gospel of John, Philocalia [anthology of
Origen prepared by St. Basil and St. Gregory Nazianzen],
Origen. (c.230) |
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Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org. |
| From the
Geneva Notes.
 | "Because
the river was accustomed at this time to be full, the miracle is so much
greater." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
| "Although those who
oppose the salvation of God's people have all advantages, yet God can
and will conquer." |
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| From
Wesley's Notes.
| "Not a dull, dead,
senseless God, such as the gods of the nations are; but a God of life,
and power, and activity to watch over you, and work for you." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "The premonitory
address of Joshua, taken in connection with the miraculous result
exactly as he had described it, would tend to increase and confirm their
faith in the God of their fathers as not a dull, senseless, inanimate
thing like the idols of the nations, but a Being of life, power, and
activity to defend them and work for them." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Commentary, Joshua 3:7-17, Ralph W. Klein, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
| "Joshua 3-4 is a difficult text,
perhaps combining previous independent sources and/or reflecting an
obscure liturgical celebration of Yahweh's leading the Israelites
into the Promised Land." |
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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Joshua 3:7-17,
Pentecost 25, Commentary, Background, Insights from
Literary Structure, Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna
Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in Australia.
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"The promise about driving out those people who are
already living in the land is not a pleasant one for us. Yet we have to
remember it is a very recent phenomenon which no longer believes in the
forceful seizure of land and killing those people who are the inhabitants." |
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The Old Testament Readings:
Joshua 3:7-17. Weekly Comments on the Revised Common
Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson, Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
| "In preaching from this text one
could highlight the image of pilgrimage in the life of faith and the
continuing presence of the Lord which not only sustains on the
journey but brings it to its fulfilment." |
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Desert Scribblings, Joshua 3:7-17, Geoff McElroy.
| "As
leadership changes hands, as new eras begin, as the future unfolds,
who goes with us? Who is among us? Or more correctly, who do we
know is among us?" |
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| Articles & Background:
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"A
Goy by Any Other Name -- The Problem of Nationality in Antiquity,"
Steven Grosby, Professor of Religion, Clemson University. Bible and
Interpretation, 2003.
| "Ancient Israel is described in the Hebrew Bible as a
trans-tribal collectivity (for example, Joshua 3-4), the existence of
which is dependent upon the occupation of a territory, with relatively
precise demarcated boundaries (Numbers 34), that was believed by the
ancient Israelites to be their own. Without that land, it was believed
that Israel, qua Israel, would face death..." |
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"'Three Days' in Joshua 1 - 3: Resolving a Chronological Conundrum,"
David M Howard,
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1998. |
| A number of articles about Salt
at Jewish Heritage Online Monthly. |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Beck, John A.,
"Why Do Joshua's Readers Keep Crossing the River? The
Narrative-Geographical Shaping of Joshua 3-4," Journal of the
Evangelical Theological Society, 2005.
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| Boling, Robert G., "Some Conflated
Readings in Joshua-Judges," Vetus Testamentum, 1966.
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| Coats, George, "An Exposition for
the Conquest Theme," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1985.
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| Howard, David M., "'Three Days' in
Joshua 1-3: Resolving a Chronological Conundrum," Journal of the
Evangelical Theological Society, 1998.
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