REL 1004 : 1004 Study Guide For Second Test
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Theory of deuteronomistic history: be able to explain the theory of the deuteronomistic history (dtrh). Joshua and judges and the settlement: review the speech of god in joshua 1:2-9. It is a key passage composed by the dtr editors. Conquest and a happy life in the land depends on obedience to god"s commandments: describe the overall picture of the settlement in joshua. The conquest was a holy war, and it was relatively quick and complete: the concept or ideology of holy war is present in the books of joshua and judges. Review the major elements/claims of this ideology. (for example, jahweh fights in the very midst of israel on the battlefield. They were military heroes or saviors, often endowed with a divine charisma: the dtr editors construe the history of the judges era schematically. Know the cyclical pattern: israel sins, god punishes, and so on. Yahweh punishes israel by giving them into the power of their enemies.
