Reuven Drucker

NO OF PAGES: 479 SUB CAT I: Commentary SUB CAT II: Writings SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: Moses was gone and Joshua had taken his place. The elders of the people said with chagrin, "Moses' face was like the sun; Joshua's face is like the moon" - but the people followed the "moon" into the Land of Israel and the Promised Land became a reality. To Joshua fell the lot of conquering the hostile, war-like Canaanites, dividing the country among the Jewish tribes, and establishing the norms and practices of a new society for a people that had never had a land of its own. To Joshua fell the lot of assuring that though Israel would be forced to take up the sword to win its land, it would always remain the People of the Book; of assuring that though Israel would no longer see miracles in its day to day existence, it would remember that even air and rain and the earth's fertility are gifts from Above; of imbuing the people with the conviction that though the Twelve Tribes would go their separate ways, they must remain a united people. And Joshua had to do all this even while the elders mourned that the "sun" had set when Moses died. The Book of Joshua is one of the glorious chapters in Jewish history, for it relates how a great leade4r and a great people meshed to overcome the challenges of war and territorial acquisition to win and settle their land without diminishing their holiness or losing sight of their spiritual goals. Complete with a broad, thorough, and clear commentary, maps, and historical and philosophical background, the ArtScroll Joshua is probably the clearest yet most complete treatment ever produced of this, the first book of the Prophets. It is a brilliant addition to the ArtScroll Series, the books that are acclaimed as modern-day classics of English-language Torah exposition. For scholar and student, rabbi and layman, the ArtScroll Joshua is a major contribution, an enlightening and inspiring treatment of Israel's establishment of the first Torah state.NOTES: Purchased from Mesorah Publications, Ltd. SUBTITLE: A new translation with a commentary anthologized from Talmudic, Midrashic and Rabbinic sources.… (plus d'informations)