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Re: Joshua: NOT a liar
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Originally Posted by donfriesen1
Casual reading of the Book of Joshua may lead some to think that Jos contradicts himself, as demonstrated earlier. None should think so.
Any explanations given as to why are viable, until shown wrong. The Bible does not itself give a reason why.
The fact that those of the Middle East used hyperbole extensively, has not yet been shown to be a fable.
An example: The kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar was said to be over all the earth. No one ever should suggest that it extended anywhere other than just the Middle East. Either people should ignore what the Word plainly says or they should say they believe the writer used hyperbole. All the earth definitely should not be taken literally. Hyperbole is a good explanation of a seeming contradiction.
We have two examples of hyperbole. Are there others? Of course, because the writers used the language styles they grew up in - hyperbole - which exists to this day. God's word faithfully portrayed reality of that day.
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Hyperbole used today would be “this book weighs a ton” while it obviously doesn’t mean we can lift such a book. It simply means the book is very heavy to the person lifting it. In the Bible when statements are made as “all the earth” or utterly destroyed” it means the known world at their time. Or the extreme amount of devastation.
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