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Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Vol. 17, No. 53, 65-74 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/030908929201705304

Israelite Political Theories in Joshua 9

Ray K. Sutherland

Pembroke State University, Pembroke, NC 28372, USA

Josh. 9 is composed of three literary strata, each of which derives from and corres ponds to the political ideals of a phase of Israel's history, so that the literary history of the passage illuminates the history of Israel's social and political structures. The earliest stratum, in which the 'men of Israel' are the negotiating party, shows the pre monarchic ideal of the free adult Israelite males exercising sovereignty. A second stratum, in which Joshua negotiates in consultation with the 'men of Israel', reflects the situation during the divided monarchy when the kings and assemblies occasion ally collaborated in political procedures. The 'princes of the congregation' act alone in the third and latest stratum, corresponding to the postexilic era when these nobles exercised sole political power in Judea.


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