Silencing the Land: Joshua as a Military Ritualist

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Biblical Interpretation-A Journal of Contemporary Approaches Pub Date : 2022-04-18 DOI:10.1163/15685152-20221678

Rebekah J. Haigh

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Abstract

In Joshua’s opening military salvo at Jericho (6:8–21), he institutes a strange, oft-overlooked act of communal speechlessness. This absence of speech can be understood as itself a kind of ritual speech. As this paper will argue, Joshua can kill things with and without words. When seen against a backdrop of Near Eastern magic and divine warfare, Joshua emerges as a powerful ritualist, someone who weaponizes speech and speechlessness in service of military victory. As with Joshua’s adjuration in the Aijalon battle (10:12–14) and his curse over Jericho (6:26), his wordless march around the city can be understood as a ritual act with the performative force of cessation. The silencing of the land is both his ritual objective and the ultimate goal of conquest (11:23).

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沉默的土地:约书亚作为一个军事仪式

在约书亚在耶利哥的开场军事攻击中(6:8-21)，他建立了一个奇怪的，经常被忽视的集体无言行为。这种言语的缺失本身可以理解为一种仪式性言语。正如本文将要论证的那样，约书亚可以用言语或不言语杀死东西。在近东的魔法和神战的背景下，约书亚成为了一个强大的仪式主义者，一个为了军事胜利而把说话和不会说话武器化的人。就像约书亚在亚雅仑战役中的祈祷(10:12-14)和他对耶利哥的诅咒(6:26)一样，他无言地绕城行进可以被理解为一种仪式行为，具有停止的表演力量。土地的沉默既是他的仪式目标，也是征服的最终目标(11:23)。

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