- How is the alliance described in the opening section of Joshua 11 different from the earlier alliance which marched against the Gibeonites? Is there any reference to a different type of military resources (see Joshua 11:6) which might have elicited some new concerns on the part of the Israelites?
- How does Joshua 11:15 serve as an encapsulating refrain/justification/ explanation of the total eradication approach?
- Joshua 11:20 echoes a refrain from the Egyptian experience, Pharaoh and Divinity. What is this refrain?
- In Joshua 11:21 there is a reference to “Anakim.” Does this term necessarily mean “giants”? Does “Anak” have any other meaning? And why does Onkelos translate this term as “gibara?ya”?
- How does Joshua 11:23 indicate that the closing mandates for the distribution of the conquered land were observed by Joshua?
- Is the impression communicated that, with the end of this chapter, the conquest of the land is over?
