Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title and purpose -- Authorship and date -- Unity of composition -- Occasion -- Historical background -- Theology -- Text -- Canonicity -- Analysis of contents -- Select bibliography -- The promised land conquered -- The promised land disturbed -- The promised land to be kept in Covenant obedience.

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