may 16, 1234 BC - Joshua's Conquest of Canaan

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Despite Moses’ leadership in bringing the Israelites from Egypt to the doorstep of Canaan, he did not ultimately bring them in (Num 20:12; Deut 32:51–52). That task belonged to his protege: Joshua. The Deuteronomistic History contains stories of Israelites’ crossing of the Jordan under Joshua’s leadership, and eventual conquering of the Promised Land. Although the account had been considered historical, modern Biblical and contextual studies and archeological evidence strongly indicate an adifferent theory of how the conquest came to be. The few apparent variations in the book of Joshua itself (e.g. Josh 11:23 vs. 13.1) serves to raise the question. An alternative explanation of the formation of the account is that Israel’s conquest of the Promised Land was slow and complicated, involving both battles and peaceful incorporations of locals into the Israelite tribes. It is likely that parts of the stories themselves were compilations of true historical events that have been transmitted from and to generations, expanded and embellished through the years.
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According to Late Exodus theory
The Chronological Study Bible. Thomas Nelson Inc, 2009, p235

Coogan, Michael David, and Cynthia R. Chapman. A brief introduction to the Old Testament: the Hebrew Bible in its context. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016, 163 -171.

John Martin, Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, 1816, oil on canvas, accessed October 24, 2020, https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.129865.html#overview.

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