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The Book of Joshua describes how Joshua led the Israelites across the River Jordan and conquered the entire land of the Canaanites. Whether Joshua is historical depends first of all on whether that conquest is verified as historical, and it fails this first test. In the last quarter of a century, archaeological evidence has been the prime factor in finally disproving the conquest of the Canaanites, in addition to critical study of the biblical texts.

The conquest model described in The Bible had strong support among historians and scholars until around the middle part of the twentieth century, but has since been all but abandoned by mainstream scholars and continues to be pressed by only a few conservative scholars (Lester L Grabbe, Ancient Israel: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It?, P102).

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