The Walls of Jericho Fall Down — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Joshua — The entry narrative — Israel crosses the Jordan, takes the Land through three conquest campaigns, and renews covenant at Shechem. The hinge between Torah's promises and the historical record of those promises unfolding.
Canon
Old Testament
Author
Joshua himself at least in part (24:26 — ‘Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God’); later editorial framing traditional
Date
Events c. 1400 BC (early) or 1230 BC (late); compilation across the early-monarchy period
