The Mythic Model

It begins with Joshua son of Nun being described according to the criteria of the Deuteronomist: meditating on the law of Moses day and night and refusing to turn either to the right or to the left.

He leads an unusually obedient nation of Israel in a brutal Holy War against the indigenous peoples of a land they believe God has set aside for them, culminating in Joshua distributing the land and renewing a covenant like an idealized king – the mythic model for the scions of the House of David.

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// CREDITS //
Written & spoken by Aric Clark
Music by Dexter Britain
Footage by VideoBlocks
Edited by Jim Kast-Keat

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