“A Running Thread of Ideals”: Joshua and the Israelite Conquest in American History

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Abbreviations 1
4. Preface 5
5. Introduction 7
6. Reconfiguring Solomon in the Royal Fiction of Ecclesiastes 13
7. The Comeback of Comebacks: David, Bathsheba, and the Prophets in the Song of Songs 41
8. Killing the Father: Gender and the Figure of Solomon in Ben Sira’s Hymn to the Fathers 65
9. The Book of Judges in Early Jewish Interpretation: The Contribution of the Dead Sea Scrolls 77
10. Zedekiah, Covenant, and the Scrolls from Qumran 95
11. Dethroning David and Enthroning Messiah: Jewish and Christian Perspectives 111
12. Probing the Former Prophets with a New Online Tool for the Study of Biblical Quotations and Allusions in the Dead Sea Scrolls 129
13. Septuagint Joshua and Matthew’s Jesus: Salvation and Land Wars? 141
14. Elijah, Ezekiel, and Romulus: Luke’s Flesh and Bones (Luke 24:39) in Light of Ancient Narratives of Ascent, Resurrection, and Apotheosis 161
15. King Manasseh of Judah in Early Judaism and Christianity 183
16. “A Running Thread of Ideals”: Joshua and the Israelite Conquest in American History 229
17. Index of Names and Subjects 265