HIST 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Levitical City, Sea Peoples, Total Annihilation
17 Jun 2020
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Pharaoh merenptah claimed to have destroyed israel in 1207 bc. Joshua was a moses figure because their stories share parallels and similarities. The book of joshua represents a holy war. The 3 cities that joshua conquered in chronological order: Joshua 3: parting of waters and crossing. Joshua 4: setting up of stones as memorial. Joshua 6: blueprint for holy war, total annihilation. Joshua 7: achan and the consequences of disobedience. Problem: jericho was not a big city during this time and did not have big walls. Archaeologists found big problems with the city ai and jericho after excavating. Joshua 8: conquest of ai (not settled from 2000-12000 bc) Problem: ai means the ruin, and ai was not inhabited in the 2nd millennium bc. The conquest of ai is a legendary story about the heaps of ruins in this city. Joshua 13: last words of joshua, land possession. Joshua 14-19: allotments to the tribes in the land.
