Deck 11: Joshua and the Conquest of the Land of Canaan

Question 1

What are the overarching themes of the book of Joshua? How does Joshua fit into the overall program of the Deuteronomistic History?

Answer 1

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Question 2

Describe the figure of Joshua. What kind of a character is he? In what ways is Joshua the prototypical Deuteronomistic leader and hero? How does he differ from Moses? What was his likely historical role in the conquest of Canaan?

Answer 2

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Question 3

What are the role and function of etiologies in Joshua? Give specific examples.

Answer 3

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Question 4

To what extent does the book of Joshua reflect history? What factors account for the portrayal of the conquest of the land found in the book of Joshua?

Question 5

The boundary and city lists were likely compiled in Judah.

Question 6

The Deuteronomistic historians often adapted their sources to achieve artificial consistency.

Question 7

There are more etiologies in Joshua than in any other biblical book.

Question 8

The final version of the Deuteronomistic History dates to the reign of Hezekiah.

Question 9

Joshua is a flat, one-dimensional character in the book that bears his name.

Question 10

Archaeological data support Joshua's chronology for the conquest of Canaan.

Question 11

God speaks only through prophets in the Deuteronomistic History.

Question 12

It is questionable whether or not the cities of refuge ever functioned as places of asylum during the biblical period.

Question 13

Postcolonial readings of Joshua praise Rahab as a hero and a convert.

Question 14

Moses is mentioned over fifty times in the book of Joshua.

Question 15

The Deuteronomic History shares all of the following themes with the book of Deuteronomy except:

A) exclusive worship of Yahweh
B) God's covenant with the Davidic dynasty
C) eternal forgiveness
D) worship of Yahweh at one central location

Question 16

All of the following cities are conquered in Joshua except:

A) Ai
B) Shechem
C) Lachish
D) Jericho

Question 17

The boundary lists were probably produced in the land of:

A) Ephraim
B) Babylon
C) Judah
D) Manasseh

Question 18

The oldest portions of the Deuteronomistic History probably date to the reign of:

A) Hezekiah
B) Josiah
C) Ahab
D) Solomon

Question 19

Rahab was a:

A) slave
B) nurse
C) priestess
D) prostitute

Question 20

Joshua may have been a local hero from the tribe of:

A) Ephraim
B) Manasseh
C) Judah
D) Gad

Question 21

Joshua renewed the covenant at the city of:

A) Jericho
B) Jerusalem
C) Gilgal
D) Shechem

Question 22

The land east of the Jordan was divided among all of the following tribes except:

A) Gad
B) Reuben
C) Zebulun
D) Manasseh

Question 23

The only city that was burned by the Israelites was:

A) Jericho
B) Hazor
C) Ai
D) Bethel

Question 24

After crossing the Jordan River, the Israelites celebrate the:

A) Day of Atonement
B) Passover
C) New Year
D) Feast of Sukkoth

Question 25

Rahab's speech to the scouts reflects the voice of:

A) Joshua
B) post-colonialists
C) the Canaanites
D) the Deuteronomists

Question 26

Joshua sent out scouts near:

A) Jericho
B) Jerusalem
C) Bezel
D) Golan

Question 27

The Israelites make a covenant with:

A) Rahab
B) the king of Jericho
C) the Gibeonites
D) the Amorites

Question 28

All are sources named by the Deuteronomistic historians except:

A) the Book of Jashar
B) the Book of the Acts of Solomon
C) the Book of Lemuel
D) the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel

Question 29

Traditionally, ______________ was credited with writing the last few verses of the book of Joshua:

A) Phinehas
B) Joshua
C) Eleazar
D) Jashar

Question 30

Herem means:

A) ban
B) ark
C) city
D) sanctuary

Question 31

All are true of the Gibeonites except:

A) they express belief in Yahweh
B) they deceived Israel
C) they are sentenced to religious servitude
D) they are annihilated by Israel

Question 32

The Oak of Moreh means "oak of _____________."

A) the mountain
B) the teacher
C) God
D) the prophet

Question 33

Gilgal is mentioned as a place of worship in all of the following except:

A) Joshua
B) Numbers
C) Judges
D) 1 Samuel

Question 34

_______________ readings of Rahab portray her as an indigenous woman who sells out her own people to military conquerors to secure the safety of her own family.

A) Form critical
B) Text critical
C) Historical critical
D) Post-colonial

Question 35

All are chronologically sequential histories in the Hebrew Bible except:

A) Pentateuch
B) Deuteronomistic History
C) the Latter Prophets
D) Chronicles

Question 36

The German word Grundschrift means "__________________."

Question 37

Eleazar's son was _____________.

Question 38

The name "Ai" means ________________.

Question 39

The "mountains of curse and blessing" are ________________ and _______________.

Question 40

The Israelite base of operations moved from Gilgal to Shiloh to ____________.

Question 41

The traditional Hebrew version of the biblical text is called the ______________.

Question 42

The term "_________________" is literally translated "something prohibited" and applies to all spoils, including animals, human beings, and inanimate objects.

Question 43

________________ is located between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim.

Question 44

German biblical scholar ___________________ proposed that the books Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings comprised the Deuteronomistic History.

Question 45

The ___________________ is the central sacred object in ritual processions mentioned in the narratives of the crossing of the Jordan and the capture of Jericho.