Authorship,+date+of+writing+and+where+the+text+orginated+from

The Book of Joshua is often written in first person through Joshua, although Joshua is not the author of the book. The authors are unknown but it is believed Deuteronomists would have wrote the book, as it follows a similar style and structure to the books previous in the Old Testament.

There can be much debate at what time the book of Joshua was written, but is thought to be placed during the Josianic reform, the exile, or post-exilic era (Studies in Hebrew Narrative and Poetry, pg.xxxi) which would be around the sixth or seventh century B.C (Catholic Youth Bible).

The date of Joshua’s conquests would have been through about 1250 to 1200 B.C. (Catholic Youth Bible). The text originates from Canaan where Joshua's conquest of the land occurred. Today the land of Canaan situated in modern day Israel (see map below).



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