Martin Noth conjectured that it was the second of five historical works written by an author known as D. In its seventh chapter, the thief Achan was stoned in the valley of Achor. It ends with the burial of Eleazar next to his son and the bones of Joseph at Shechem, where were brought safely back from Egypt, and its chapter 24, verse 20 contains its namesake's famous farewell address. Its famous episode was preceded by an encounter with the Commander of the Lord's army in which the title figure took off his sandals, and it mentions that the Book of Jasher also recounted the event in which the moon stopped in the Valley of Aijalon and the sun stopped over Gibeon so that God gave the Israelite
Martin Noth conjectured that it was the second of five historical works written by an author known as D. In its seventh chapter, the thief Achan was stoned in the valley of Achor. It ends with the burial of Eleazar next to his son and the bones of Joseph at Shechem, where were brought safely back from Egypt, and its chapter 24, verse 20 contains its namesake's famous farewell address. Its famous episode was preceded by an encounter with the Commander of the Lord's army in which the title figure took off his sandals, and it mentions that the Book of Jasher also recounted the event in which the moon stopped in the Valley of Aijalon and the sun stopped over Gibeon so that God gave the Israelites victory over the five kings.  FTP, name this Old Testament book that saw the conquest of Canaan, including the Battle of Jericho.
Martin Noth conjectured that it was the second of five historical works written by an author known as D.
The Book of Joshua or Sefer Yehoshua