If so, why does the book of Joshua provide such a different account, one of outside conquest by means of a war led by the hosts of the Lord?
若这样,为什么《约书亚书》中是完全不同的描述,是由上帝所带领的外部侵略战争?
And according to the Book of Joshua, Israel's tribal structure assumed its classical form at this time.
而且根据《约书亚书》,以色列的支派在那时已显示出了阶级形态。
So that's the geographical setting for what we are about to read in the Book of Joshua.
这就是它的地理位置,我们将在《约书亚书》中读到的故事就发生在这里。
There's an interesting passage in the book of Joshua, Joshua 24:14-15.
约书亚书》在有非常有趣的一篇,《约书亚书》第24章14节到15节。
We'll talk more about that when we get to the book of Joshua.
我们以后再讨论,等讲到《约书亚书》时。
Because alongside the idealized portrayal of the Israelite conquest in the first half of the book of Joshua, alongside the call for the destruction of all Canaanites, we find interesting tales of alliances and incorporation of various Canaanite groups.
因为随着对以色列征服的理想化描述,在《约书亚书》的第一部分,随着摧毁所有迦南人的呼声,我们发现了关于同盟趣事,以及迦南各个群体的合并。
So the first half of the book of Joshua contains a streamlined, idealized account according to which the Israelites managed in a relatively short period to take the central hill country, confining the Philistines to a little strip here on the coastal plain. We will come to the Philistines in a minute.
因此《约书亚书》第一部分包含了,一种流线行,理想化的叙述,据此,以色列人在相对较短的时期内设法,攫取中央山地,将腓利士人,逼至狭窄条形地带,逼至海岸平原,我们待会儿将要说到腓利士人。
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