Biblical Bibliographies
Charles Conroy [www.cjconroy.net]



The Book of Joshua: General Studies



[see also:  Joshua: commentaries, Joshua: text-criticism, Deuteronomistic History 1 / 2 / 3, and Old Testament introductions]



The bibliography is divided into five sections as follows:

I.    General and introductory presentations

Abadie, P., Le Livre de Josué: critique historique (Cahiers Évangile, 134; Paris: Service biblique catholique Évangile et vie / Éditions du Cerf, 2005); = El libro de Josué: crítica histórica (Cuadernos bíblicos, 134; Estella [Navarra]: Verbo Divino, 2007).

Andiñach, P. R., "Una introducción al libro de Josué", Antiguo Oriente 9 (2011) 47-61.

Auvray, P., "Josué (livre de)", DBSup 4 (1949) 1131-1141.

Boling, R. G., "Joshua, Book of", ABD III (1992) 1002-1015.

Childs, B. S., Introduction to the Old Testament as Scripture (London: SCM; Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1979) 239-253.

Curtis, A. H., Joshua (Old Testament Guides; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1994).

Dietrich, W., "Das Josuabuch", in W. Dietrich – H.-P. Mathys – T. Römer – R. Smend, Die Entstehung des Alten Testaments. Neuausgabe (Theologische Wissenschaft, 1; Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2014) 193-205.

Gunn, D. M., "Joshua and Judges", in R. Alter – F. Kermode (eds.), The Literary Guide to the Bible (Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1987) 102-121.

Hawk, L. D., "Joshua, Book of", in B. T. Arnold – H. G. M. Williamson (eds.), Dictionary of the Old Testament: The Historical Books (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2005) 563-575.

Hentschel, G., "Das Buch Josua", in E. Zenger – C. Frevel, et al., Einleitung in das Alte Testament. 9., aktualisierte Auflage, herausgegeben von Christian Frevel (Kohlhammer-Studienbücher Theologie, 1,1; Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2016) 255-266. For the Italian translation (from the 8th German edition) see here.

Knauf, E. A., et al., "Joshua (Book and Person)", EBR 14 (2017) 757-782. Details: I. Hebrew Bible / Old Testament (E. A. Knauf) 757-762; II. New Testament (R. W. Ounsworth) 762-763; III. Judaism (Z. Farber; C. S. Ehrlich; R. Havrelock) 763-774; IV. Christianity (T. R. Elßner) 774-776; V. Islam (Stephen R. Burge) 776-777; VI. Literature (Scott Langston) 777-779; VII. Visual Arts (Michael Altripp) 779-780; VIII. Music (Siobhán Dowling Long) 781; IX. Film (Matt Page) 781-782.

Leuchter, M. A. – D. T. Lamb, The Historical Writings: Introducing Israel's Historical Literature (Introducing Israel's Scriptures; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2016), esp. 21-92 (Chap. 2, "Joshua": written by D. T. Lamb).

McConville, J. G., Joshua: Crossing Divides (Phoenix Guides to the Old Testament, 6; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2013). Reissued by a new publisher: Joshua: An Introduction and Study Guide. Crossing Divides (T&T Clark Study Guides to the Old Testament; London & New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2017).

Römer, T., "Josué", in T. Römer – J.-D. Macchi – C. Nihan (eds.), Introduction à l'Ancien Testament. Seconde édition entièrement révisée et substantiellement augmentée (Le Monde de la Bible, 49; Genève: Labor et Fides, 2009) 332-344. For the Italian and Spanish translations of the first French edition (2004) and for the German translation of the 2009 French edition see here.

Sweeney, M. A., Tanak: A Theological and Critical Introduction to the Jewish Bible (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2012) 179-191.

Wazana, N. – S. Shechtman, "Joshua", in M. D. Coogan (gen. ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Books of the Bible (Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 2011) 1.485-500. [N. Wazana wrote most of the article; S. Shechtman did the section on "Reception History" (497-498)]

Zobel, H.-J., "Josua/Josuabuch", TRE 17 (1988) 269-278.

II.    History of interpretation and tendencies in current research

Auld, A. G., "The History of Interpretation of the Book of Joshua", in his Joshua Retold: Synoptic Perspectives (Edinburgh: Clark, 1998) 129-139. See also pp. 143-149 in the concluding chapter of the book, entitled "Re-orientation" (140-149).

Auld, A. G., "Joshua, Book of", in J. H. Hayes (ed.), Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation (Nashville, TN: Abdingdon, 1999) I (A-J) 625-632. [the same material as the preceding item pp. 129-139]

Dozeman, T. B., "The Book of Joshua in Recent Research", CBR 15.3 (June 2017) 270-288.

Farber, Z. I., "Joshua in Reception History", in B. E. Kelle – B. A. Strawn (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Historical Books of the Hebrew Bible (Oxford Handbooks; Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 2020) 437-451.

Greenspoon, L. J., "The Book of Joshua – Part I: Texts and Versions", CBR 3.2 (Apr. 2005) 229-261. [Part II never appeared]

Klein, G. L., "Joshua: An Annotated Bibliography", Southwestern Journal of Theology 41 (1998) 102-110.

Noort, E., Das Buch Josua: Forschungsgeschichte und Problemfelder (EdF 292; Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1998).

Noort, E., "Joshua: The History of Reception and Hermeneutics", in J. C. de Moor – H. F. van Rooy (eds.), Past, Present, Future: The Deuteronomistic History and the Prophets (OTS 44; Leiden: Brill, 2000) 199-215.

Noort, E., "Josua im Wandel der Zeiten: Zu Stand und Perspektiven der Forschung am Buch Josua", in E. Noort (ed.), The Book of Joshua (BETL 250; Leuven: Peeters, 2012) 21-47.

Stratton, B. J., "Consider, Take Counsel, and Speak: Re(membering) Women in the Books of Joshua and Judges", in S. Scholz (ed.), Feminist Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Retrospect. Vol. 1: Biblical Books (Recent Research in Biblical Studies, 5; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2013) 80-109.

Taylor, M. A. – C. de Groot (eds.), Women of War, Women of Woe: Joshua and Judges Through the Eyes of Nineteenth-Century Female Biblical Interpreters (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2016).

Wazana, N., "The Legacy of Yehezkel Kaufmann's Commentaries to Joshua and Judges", in J. Y. Jindo – B. D. Sommer – T. Staubli (eds.), Yehezkel Kaufmann and the Reinvention of Jewish Biblical Scholarship (OBO 283; Fribourg: Academic Press; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck et Ruprecht, 2017) 180-203.

III.    Monographs and multi-author volumes

Auld, A. G., Joshua Retold: Synoptic Perspectives (Edinburgh: Clark, 1998).

Ballhorn, E., Israel am Jordan. Narrative Topographie im Buch Josua (BBB 162; Göttingen, V&R Unipress; Bonn: Bonn University Press, 2011).

Ballhorn, E. (ed.), Übergänge: das Buch Josua in seinen Kontexten (SBB 76; Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 2020).

Bekkum, K. van, From Conquest to Coexistence: Ideology and Antiquarian Intent in the Historiography of Israel's Settlement in Canaan (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, 45; Leiden: Brill, 2011).

Béré, P., Le second Serviteur de Yhwh: Un portrait exégétique de Josué dans le livre éponyme (OBO 253; Fribourg: Academic Press; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2012).

Berner, C. – H. Samuel (eds.), Book-Seams in the Hexateuch, I: The Literary Transitions Between the Books of Genesis/Exodus and Joshua/Judges. With the assistance of S. Germany (FAT 120; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2018).

Berner, C. – S. Germany – H. Samuel (eds.), Book-Seams in the Hexateuch, II: The Book of Deuteronomy and Its Literary Transitions (FAT 168; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2023). [Part II: "The Literary Transition between the Books of Deuteronomy and Joshua" comprises 6 essays dealing with the transition between Deut 34 and Josh 1.]

Bieberstein, K., Josua – Jordan – Jericho. Archäologie, Geschichte und Theologie der Landnahmeerzählungen Josua 1-6 (OBO 143; Freiburg, Schweiz: Universitäts-Verlag; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1995).

Billings, R. M., "Israel Served the Lord": The Book of Joshua as Paradoxical Portrait of Faithful Israel (Reading the Scriptures; Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2013).

Brenner, A. – G. A. Yee (eds.), Joshua and Judges (Texts @ Contexts; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2013).

Cazeaux, J., Le refus de la guerre sainte: Josué, Juges et Ruth (LD 174; Paris: Cerf, 1998).

Cortese, E., Josua 13-21: ein priesterschriftlicher Abschnitt im deuteronomistischen Geschichtswerk (OBO 94; Freiburg, Schweiz: Universitäts-Verlag; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1990).

Dozeman, T. B. – K. Schmid – T. Römer (eds.), Pentateuch, Hexateuch, or Enneateuch? Identifying Literary Works in Genesis Through Kings (SBLAIL 8; Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature; Leiden: Brill, 2011).

Earl, D. S., Reading Joshua as Christian Scripture (Journal of Theological Interpretation Supplements, 2; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2010).

Earl, D. S., The Joshua Delusion? Rethinking Genocide in the Bible. With a response by Christopher J.H. Wright and foreword by R.W.L. Moberly (Cambridge: James Clarke, 2011).

Firth, D. G., The Message of Joshua: Promise and People. Revised edition (The Bible Speaks Today; London: IVP Academic; Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2021). [first edition 2015]

Gaß, E., Die Landverteilung im Josuabuch: eine literarhistorische Analyse von Josua 13-19 (FAT 132; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019).

Germany, S., The Exodus-Conquest Narrative: The Composition of the Non-Priestly Narratives in Exodus-Joshua (FAT I/115; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2017).

Hawk, L. D., Every Promise Fulfilled. Contesting Plots in Joshua (Literary Currents in Biblical Interpretation; Louisville, KY, Westminster / John Knox, 1991).

Krause, J. J., Exodus und Eisodus: Komposition und Theologie von Josua 1-5 (VTSup 161; Leiden: Brill, 2014).

Latvus, K., God, Anger and Ideology: The Anger of God in Joshua and Judges in Relation to Deuteronomy and the Priestly Writings (JSOTSup 279; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998).

Lee, E.-W., Crossing the Jordan: Diachrony Versus Synchrony in the Book of Joshua (LHB/OTS 578; New York & London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2013).

Merling, D., The Book of Joshua: Its Theme and Role in Archaeological Discussions (Andrews University Seminary Doctoral Dissertations Series, 23; Berrien Springs, MI: Andrews University Press, 1997).

Mitchell, G., Together in the Land. A Reading of the Book of Joshua (JSOTSup 134; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1993).

Nentel, J., Trägerschaft und Intentionen des deuteronomistischen Geschichtswerks: Untersuchungen zu den Reflexionsreden Jos 1; 23; 24; 1 Sam 12 und 1 Kön 8 (BZAW 297; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2000).

Noort, E. (ed.), The Book of Joshua (BETL 250; Leuven: Peeters, 2012).

Rowlett, L. L., Joshua and the Rhetoric of Violence: A New Historicist Analysis (JSOTSup 226; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996).

Schäfer-Lichtenberger, C., Joshua und Salomo. Eine Studie zu Autorität und Legitimität des Nachfolgers im Alten Testament (VTSup 58; Leiden: Brill, 1995).

Svensson, J., Towns and Toponyms in the Old Testament with Special Emphasis on Joshua 14-21 (CBOT 38; Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1994).

Thomas, H. A. – J. Evans – P. Copan (eds.), Holy War in the Bible: Christian Morality and an Old Testament Problem (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2013).

Vos, J. C. de, Das Los Judas. Über Entstehung und Ziele der Landbeschreibung in Josua 15 (VTSup 95; Leiden: Brill, 2003).

Winther-Nielsen, N., A Functional Discourse Grammar of Joshua. A Computer-Assisted Rhetorical Structure Analysis (CBOT 40; Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1995).

Younger, K. L., Ancient Conquest Accounts: A Study in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical History Writing (JSOTSup 98; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1990).

IV.    Selected general articles and chapters on Joshua

Albertz, R., "Die kanonische Anpassung des Josuabuches: eine Neubewertung seiner sogenannten 'priesterschriftlichen Texte'", in T. Römer – K. Schmid (eds.), Les dernières rédactions du Pentateuque, de l'Hexateuque et de l'Ennéateuque (BETL 203; Leuven: Leuven University Press & Peeters, 2007) 199-216. Slightly revised version, under the same title, in R. Albertz, Pentateuchstudien. Hrsg. von J. Wöhrle unter Mitarbeit von F. Neumann (FAT 117; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2018) 375-390.

Albertz, R., "The Canonical Alignment of the Book of Joshua", in O. Lipschits – G. N. Knoppers – R. Albertz (eds.), Judah and the Judeans in the Fourth Century B.C.E. (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2007) 287-303. [an earlier version of the preceding 2007 study]

Albertz, R., "Das Josuabuch zwischen Deuteronomistischem Geschichtswerk und Hexateuch: Zum Stand der Diskussion", in R. Albertz, Pentateuchstudien. Hrsg. von J. Wöhrle unter Mitarbeit von F. Neumann (FAT 117; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2018) 31-48. [slightly revised first publication of a lecture delivered in 2004]

Alt, A., "Josua", in P. Volz – F. Stummer – J. Hempel (eds.), Werden und Wesen des Alten Testaments. Vorträge gehalten auf der internationalen Tagung alttestamentlicher Forscher zu Göttingen vom 4.-10. September 1935 (BZAW 66; Berlin: Töpelmann, 1936) 13-29; reprinted in his Kleine Schriften zur Geschichte des Volkes Israel I (München: Beck, 1953) 176-192.

Auld, A. G., "Reading Joshua after Samuel", in J. K. Aitken – K. J. Dell – B. A. Mastin (eds.), On Stone and Scroll: Essays in Honour of Graham Ivor Davies (BZAW 420; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2011) 305-315.

Ballhorn, E., "Josua im Pentateuch: die narrative Entwicklung eines Protagonisten und seiner Leitungsfunktion", in S. J. Wimmer – G. Gafus (eds.), "Vom Leben umfangen": Ägypten, das Alte Testament und das Gespräch der Religionen. Gedenkschrift für Manfred Görg (ÄAT 80; Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2014) 3-12.

Ben Zvi, E., "Squaring Circles and The Social Benefits of Squaring Them: Joshua as a Case Study for Constraints, Preferences, Balances and Flexibility within the Complex Memory System of the Literati of the Late Persian / Early Hellenistic Period", in E. Ben Zvi, Social Memory Among the Literati of Yehud (BZAW 509; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2019) 232-252.

Bieberstein, K., "Das Buch Josua und seine Horizonte", in H.-J. Stipp (ed.), Das deuteronomistische Geschichtswerk (Österreichische Biblische Studien, 39; Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2011) 151-176.

Blum, E., "Der kompositionelle Knoten am Übergang von Josua zu Richter. Ein Entflechtungsvorschlag", in M. Vervenne – J. Lust (eds.), Deuteronomy and Deuteronomic Literature: Festschrift C.H.W. Brekelmans (BETL 133; Leuven: Leuven University Press & Peeters, 1997) 181-212.

Blum, E., "Überlegungen zur Kompositionsgeschichte des Josuabuches", in E. Noort (ed.), The Book of Joshua (BETL 250; Leuven: Peeters, 2012) 137-157.

Blum, E., "Once Again: The Compositional Knot at the Transition between Joshua and Judges", in C. Berner – H. Samuel (eds.), Book-Seams in the Hexateuch, I: The Literary Transitions Between the Books of Genesis/Exodus and Joshua/Judges. With the assistance of S. Germany (FAT 120; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2018) 221-240.

Boorer, S., "The Envisioning of the Land in the Priestly Material: Fulfilled Promise or Future Hope?", in T. B. Dozeman – K. Schmid – T. Römer (eds.), Pentateuch, Hexateuch, or Enneateuch? Identifying Literary Works in Genesis Through Kings (SBLAIL 8; Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature; Leiden: Brill, 2011) 99-126.

Braulik, G., "Die Völkervernichtung und die Rückkehr Israels ins Verheißungsland", in M. Vervenne – J. Lust (eds.), Deuteronomy and Deuteronomic Literature: Festschrift C.H.W. Brekelmans (BETL 133; Leuven: Leuven University Press & Peeters, 1997) 3-38.

Braulik, G., "Die deuteronomistische Landeroberungserzählung aus der Joschijazeit in Deuteronomium und Josua," in H.-J. Stipp (ed.), Das deuteronomistische Geschichtswerk (Österreichische Biblische Studien, 39; Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2011) 89-150.

Brett, M., "Reading as a Canaanite: Paradoxes in Joshua", in J. K. Aitken – J. M. S. Clines – C. M. Maier (eds.), Interested Readers: Essays on the Hebrew Bible in Honor of David J. A. Clines (Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2013) 231-246.

Briend, J., "Les sources de l'histoire deutéronomique: recherches sur Jos 1-12", in A. de Pury – T. Römer – J.-D. Macchi (eds.), Israël construit son histoire. L'historiographie deutéronomiste à la lumière des recherches récentes (Le Monde de la Bible, 34; Genève: Labor et Fides, 1996) 343-374; = "The Sources of the Deuteronomistic History: Research on Joshua 1-12", in A. de Pury – T. Römer – J.-D. Macchi (eds.), Israel Constructs its History. Deuteronomistic Historiography in Recent Research (JSOTSup 306; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press 2000) 360-386.

Cangh, J.-M. van, "Les livres de Josué et des Juges confrontés à l'archéologie récente", RTL 28 (1997) 161-188.

Collins, J. J., "The God of Joshua", SJOT 28 (2014) 212-228.

Dallaire, H. M., "Taking the Land by Force: Divine Violence in Joshua", in M. D. Carroll Rodas – J. B. Wilgus (eds.), Wrestling with the Violence of God: Soundings in the Old Testament (BBRSup 10; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2015) 51-73.

Dozeman, T. B., "Joshua in the Book of Joshua", in K. L. Noll – B. Schramm (eds.), Raising Up a Faithful Exegete: Essays in Honor of Richard D. Nelson (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2010) 103-116.

Dozeman, T. B., "The Book of Joshua as an Intertext in the MT and the LXX Canons", in T. B. Dozeman – K. Schmid – T. Römer (eds.), Pentateuch, Hexateuch, or Enneateuch? Identifying Literary Works in Genesis Through Kings (SBLAIL 8; Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature; Leiden: Brill, 2011) 185-209.

Driver, G. R., "Notes on Joshua", JQR 57: 75th Anniversary Volume (1967) 149-165.

Edenburg, C., "The Book of Josiah or the Book of Joshua? Excavating the Literary History of the Conquest Story", in I. Koch – O. Lipschits – O. Sergi (eds.), From Nomadism to Monarchy? Revisiting the Early Iron Age Southern Levant (Mosaics. Studies on Ancient Israel, 3; University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns; Tel Aviv: Emery and Clare Yass Publications in Archaeology, The Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University, 2023) 243-278.

Finkelstein, I., "Was There an Early Northern (Israelite) Conquest Tradition?", in J. J. Krause – W. Oswald – K. Weingart (eds.), Eigensinn und Entstehung der Hebräischen Bibel: Erhard Blum zum siebzigsten Geburtstag (FAT 136; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2020) 211-221.

Finsterbusch, K., "Deuteronomy and Joshua: Torah in the Book of Joshua in Light of Deuteronomy", JAJ 3 (2012) 166-196.

Frevel, C., "Das Josua-Palimpsest. Der Übergang vom Josua- zum Richterbuch und seine Konsequenzen für die These eines Deuteronomistischen Geschichtswerks", ZAW 125 (2013) 49-71. Reprinted in C. Frevel, Im Lesen verstehen: Studien zu Theologie und Exegese (BZAW 482; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2017) 105-128.

Frolov, S., "The Case of Joshua", in D. V. Edelman (ed.), Deuteronomy – Kings as Emerging Authoritative Books: A Conversation (ANEM 6; Atlanta, GA: SBL Press, 2014) 85-101. The volume can be downloaded here.

Galil, G., "Joshua and Moses in the Book of Joshua", in A. Baruchi-Unna – T. Forti – Sh. Aḥituv – I. Ephʿal – J. H. Tigay (eds.), 'Now It Happened in Those Days': Studies in Biblical, Assyrian, and Other Ancient Near Eastern Historiography Presented to Mordechai Cogan on His 75th Birthday (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2017) 27-42.

Galil G., "The Formation of the Book of Joshua", in I. Shai – J. R. Chadwick – L. Hitchcock – A. Dagan – C. McKinny – J. Uziel (eds.), Tell It in Gath: Studies in the History and Archaeology of Israel. Essays in Honor of Aren M. Maeir on the Occasion of His Sixtieth Birthday (ÄAT 90; Münster: Zaphon, 2018) 549-561.

Gaß, E., "Joshua's Death Told Twice: Perspectives from the History of Research", in C. Berner – H. Samuel (eds.), Book-Seams in the Hexateuch, I: The Literary Transitions Between the Books of Genesis/Exodus and Joshua/Judges. With the assistance of S. Germany (FAT 120; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2018) 199-219.

Gaß, E., "'Dies war das Erbteil des Stammes der Söhne Juda' (Jos 15,20): sprachliche Brücken vom Numeri zum Josuabuch", RB 126 (2019) 207-234.

Germany, S., "Concepts of Land in Numbers and Joshua", HeBAI 8 (2019) 313-331.

Heckl, R., "Die Landnahmekonzeptionen des Josua- und Richterbuches im Licht der Pentateuchüberlieferung. Eine überlieferungskritische Skizze", in L. Maskow – J. Robker (eds.), Kritische Schriftgelehrsamkeit in priesterlichen und prophetischen Diskursen: Festschrift für Reinhard Achenbach zum 65. Geburtstag (BZABR 27; Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2022) 353-362.

Hess, R. S., "Asking Historical Questions of Joshua 13-19: Recent Discussion Concerning the Date of the Boundary Lists", in A. R. Millard – J. K. Hoffmeier – D. W. Baker (eds.), Faith, Tradition, and History. Old Testament Historiography in Its Near Eastern Context (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1994) 191-205.

Hess, R. S., "A Typology of West Semitic Place Name Lists with Special Reference to Joshua 13-21", BA 59 (1996) 160-170.

Hess, R. S., "Non-Israelite Personal Names in the Book of Joshua", CBQ 58 (1996) 205-214.

Hess, R. S., "West Semitic Texts and the Book of Joshua", BBR 7 (1997) 63-76.

Hess, R. S., "The Jericho and Ai of the Book of Joshua", in R. S. Hess – G. A. Klingbeil – P. J. Ray, Jr. (eds.), Critical Issues in Early Israelite History (Bulletin for Biblical Research Supplement, 3; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2008) 33-46.

Hess, R. S., "Joshua and Egypt", in C. Gottlieb – C. Cohen – M. I. Gruber (eds.), Visions of Life in Biblical Times: Essays in Honor of Meir Lubetski (Hebrew Bible Monographs, 76; Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2015) 144-150.

Hess, R. S., "Cultural Contexts Compared: The Onomastic Profiles of the Books of Joshua and Judges", in R. K. Hawkins – E. Gaß – D. Ben-Yosef (eds.), His Inheritance: A Memorial Volume for Adam Zertal (AOAT 454; Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2021) 413-422.

Ibáñez Arana, A., "La redacción deuteronomista del libro de Josué", Scriptorium Victoriense 28 (1981) 5-38.

Jericke, D., "Josuas Tod und Josuas Grab. Eine redaktionsgeschichtliche Studie", ZAW 108 (1996) 347-361.

Johnson, D. R., "The Allotment of Canaan in Joshua and Numbers", JBL 141 (2022) 427-447.

Kallai, Z., "Joshua and Judges 1 in Biblical Historiography", in Z. Kallai, Biblical Historiography and Historical Geography. Collection of Studies (BEATAJ 44; Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 1998) 243-260.

Knauf, E. A., "Buchschlüsse in Josua", in T. Römer – K. Schmid (eds.), Les dernières rédactions du Pentateuque, de l'Hexateuque et de l'Ennéateuque (BETL 203; Leuven: Leuven University Press & Peeters, 2007) 217-224. Reprinted in E. A. Knauf, Data and Debates: Essays in the History and Culture of Israel and Its Neighbors in Antiquity / Daten und Debatten: Aufsätze zur Kulturgeschichte des antiken Israel und seiner Nachbarn. Herausgegeben von H. M. Niemann, K. Schmid und S. Schroer (AOAT 407; Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2013) 691-696.

Knauf, E. A., "Biblical References to Judean Settlement in Eretz Israel (and Beyond) in the Late Persian and Early Hellenistic Periods", in P. R. Davies – D. V. Edelman (eds.), The Historian and the Bible: Essays in Honour of Lester L. Grabbe (LHB/OTS 530; London: T & T Clark, 2010) 175-193.

Knauf, E. A., "History in Joshua", in L. L. Grabbe (ed.), Israel in Transition: From Late Bronze II to Iron IIa (c. 1250–850 B.C.E.). Volume 2: The Texts (LHB/OTS 521 – European Seminar on Historical Methodology, 8; London & New York, T & T Clark, 2010) 130-139. Reprinted in E. A. Knauf, Data and Debates: Essays in the History and Culture of Israel and Its Neighbors in Antiquity – Daten und Debatten: Aufsätze zur Kulturgeschichte des antiken Israel und seiner Nachbarn. Edited by H. M. Niemann – K. Schmid – S. Schroer (AOAT 418; Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2015) 347-356. Reprinted again in L. L. Grabbe (ed.), The Hebrew Bible and History: Critical Readings (T&T Clark Critical Readings in Biblical Studies; London & New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2019) 203-212.

Knauf, E. A., "Die Adressatenkreise von Josua", in E. Noort (ed.), The Book of Joshua (BETL 250; Leuven: Peeters, 2012) 183-210.

Knauf, E. A., "Why 'Joshua'?", in D. V. Edelman (ed.), Deuteronomy – Kings as Emerging Authoritative Books: A Conversation (ANEM 6; Atlanta, GA: SBL Press, 2014) 73-84. The volume can be downloaded here.

Koorevaar, H., "The Book of Joshua and the Hypothesis of the Deuteronomistic History: Indications for an Open Serial Model", in E. Noort (ed.), The Book of Joshua (BETL 250; Leuven: Peeters, 2012) 219-232.

Kratz, R. G., "The Literary Transition in Joshua 23 – Judges 2: Observations and Considerations", in C. Berner – H. Samuel (eds.), Book-Seams in the Hexateuch, I: The Literary Transitions Between the Books of Genesis/Exodus and Joshua/Judges. With the assistance of S. Germany (FAT 120; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2018) 241-256.

Krause, J. J., "Hexateuchal Redaction in Joshua", HeBAI 6 (2017) 181-202.

Krause, J. J., "Post mortem Mosi: Conceptualizing Leadership in the Book of Joshua", in K. Pyschny – S. Schulz (eds.), Debating Authority: Concepts of Leadership in the Pentateuch and the Former Prophets (BZAW 507; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2018) 193-205.

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V.    Online resources

Cuffari, A., "Josua / Josuabuch", in WiBiLex [article last revised Feb. 2006]. See the Useful Links page for information about the WiBiLex.