VERIFIED SOLUTION
Conquest. Genocide?
The Canaanites were not an innocent people. They were unfaithful. Ultimately, God can
do with His creation what He chooses.
Why did God Judge the Canaanites
1. Idolatry
2. incest/homosexuality/adultery
3. bestiality
4. child sacrifice
Cycle of Judges
1. Sin
2. Oppression
3. Cry to God
4. Deliverance
5. Peace for X amount of years
What is a judge?
They were the tool God used to deliver Israel. There were more like militaristic leaders.
3 part structure of Joshua
1. Israel takes possession of the land (1-12)
2. Allotment of the land among the tribes (13-21)
3. Covenant renewal in the land (22-24)
Major themes of Joshua
1. Transition of power:from Moses to Joshua
2. Conquest and division: Joshua leads Israel against Canaan and then divides the land
among the tribes.
3. God is faithful to the covenant: Canaan conquered because of God's faithfulness, not
Israel's might.
Salvation History
Includes supernatural divine revelations in time and space and are recorded in scripture
to promote faith.
Deuteronomistic History
A theory that one person brought together multiple source and combined them in one
document. Includes Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings.
The Law. Are we still under it?
Yes! Jesus did not abolish the law. He FULFILLED it.
Ruth's position in canon
English-it falls under history
Hebrew-it falls in poetry
Main characters of Samuel
Samuel, Saul, David.
Israel asks for a king