Why do some scholars disagree that crossing the Jordan was a miracle?

Answer 1

The stories of Moses and his protege, Joshua, are remarkably similar and The Bible tells us that Joshua either participated in miraculous events involving Moses, or that he performed quite similar miraculous after he took over the leadership of the Israelites. Just as Moses parted the Red Sea, so also Joshua parted the River Jordan. This is an example of a frequent biblical tradition of attributing to a protege the same events, powers or miracles as were attributed to his former mentor. This form of tradition probably assisted the storytellers to remember the various narratives as they passed it down orally from generation to generation.

Looking at the historical context, we also find that over 90 per cent of scholars are reported to believe that the Exodus from Egypt never happened as described in the Bible. Without an Exodus, there would be no miraculous crossing of the Jordan.