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THE BIBLE UNEARTHED: THE MAKING OF A RELIGION -- ILLUSTRATED SCREENPLAY & SCREENCAP GALLERY |
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This is the beginning of the GREAT SAGA, the GREAT EPIC, of the CONQUEST OF CANAAN, in the Book of Joshua. And the Bible tells the STORY, step-by-step: from here to Jericho, from Jericho to Ai, from Ai to the war with the kings of the south, and then to Hazor and the kings of the north. And it's a WONDERFUL STORY, a GREAT SAGA of WAR and CONQUEST, and BRAVERY.
And the question is, "Did it happen? Did it REALLY happen the way that it is described in the text of the Bible, of the Book of Joshua?"
[Narrator] The Bible describes Joshua primarily as a military leader who was given a mission by God to CONQUER the land that was PROMISED to the Patriarchs, and then to Moses.
Joshua invaded the territory of Canaan at the head of an enormous army of confederated Israelite tribes.
He crossed the Jordan River and attacked and conquered the region cities,
one after the other, in a LIGHTNING WAR.
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