The conquest legend : inspiration for the Joshua narrative

Soggie, Neil Alan

dc.contributor.advisor	Scheffler, E.H. (Dr.)	en
dc.contributor.author	Soggie, Neil Alan	en
dc.date.accessioned	2009-08-25T10:46:15Z
dc.date.available	2009-08-25T10:46:15Z
dc.date.issued	2009-08-25T10:46:15Z
dc.date.submitted	2004-03-31	en
dc.identifier.citation	Soggie, Neil Alan (2009) The conquest legend : inspiration for the Joshua narrative, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/735>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/735
dc.description.abstract	This dissertation examines the legends of the Biblical book of Joshua in an attempt to identify the relics of reminiscence that reside within the document. The initial step in this process is presenting the neuropsychological perspective of myth making and the nature of confabulation in oral tradition. The natural segue is then made to the Deuteronomistic history of the text and the formation of the initial source legend. From this investigation the basic structure of the Primary Conquest Source Legend is exposed. The next step is a comparison of this Source Legend with the history of proto-Israel. This investigation provides a clear contextual epoch for the legend of conquest against Jericho and Ai. A related finding is the contextual epoch for the second source legend used to form the present text of Joshua.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject.ddc	222.2067
dc.subject.lcsh	Bible. O.T. Joshua. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
dc.subject.lcsh	Bible. O.T. Joshua. -- History of Biblical events
dc.subject.lcsh	Bible. O.T. Joshua. -- History of Biblical events
dc.subject.lcsh	Bible. O.T. Joshua. -- Legends
dc.title	The conquest legend : inspiration for the Joshua narrative	en
dc.type	Thesis	en
dc.description.department	Religious Studies and Arabic	en
dc.description.degree	D.Litt. et Phil. (Biblical Studies)	en