![]() Surprisingly, there is little evidence for the picture of widespread warfare and displacement of Canaanite religion and culture that the book of Joshua seems to portray. As confidence in the likely timeframe for the Exodus and the rise of early Israel has increased, it has easier for archaeologists to pinpoint the conditions in Canaan when Joshua and his people entered the land. Summary: There is no simple answer to these questions. Why do archaeological findings and other references in the Bible make it seem that this was not actually done? What does it mean to “utterly destroy”? And why would God command such a thing in the first place? Question: Israel was commanded to “utterly destroy” the Canaanites and the book of Joshua later claimed that they had done so. James Jacques Joseph Tissot (1836-1902): The Songs of Joy, ca.
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