Joshua
About this date: The biblical sequence is clear, but proposed absolute dates and historical reconstructions differ.
Moses' successor who leads Israel into the land.
Historical context
Exodus through Joshua follows deliverance from Egypt, covenant at Sinai, wilderness leadership, tabernacle service, and entry into the land. Historical reconstructions and absolute dates remain debated.
Key points
- Moses' successor who leads Israel into the land.
- Primary reading: Numbers 27; Joshua 1–24. Read the complete passage in its literary context.
- Follow the movement from deliverance to covenant and communal vocation while distinguishing the biblical account from debated historical reconstructions.
Scripture
- Numbers 27; Joshua 1–24 — Principal biblical passage cluster for Joshua; check the summary against the complete text.
Primary sources
Justin says of Joshua:
Justin's second-century interpretation begins from Joshua's narrative role as the leader who succeeds Moses and enters the land.
as he, not Moses, led the people into the Holy Land
Passage context and translation
Justin calls Joshua by the Greek form Jesus (Joshua), then compares Joshua's succession to Moses and entry into the land with Christ. The excerpt is a phrase from Justin's longer sentence, not a stand-alone proposition.
Before the excerpt
he led the surviving people into the Holy Land; and
After the excerpt
and as he distributed it by lot to those who entered along with him
Sources and further reading
- USCCB introduction to Joshua
Literary and historical introduction; not independent verification of every narrated event. - USCCB introduction to Numbers
Literary and historical introduction; not independent verification of every narrated event.