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The text balances the dull and dry boundary descriptions with a colorful personal component, in which women are featured with unusual prominence. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the case of Judah, the text incorporated the bittersweet reminiscences of Caleb son of Yefuneh and the efforts of Akhsa his daughter to secure springs of water (15:18-19). The text relates that Otniel, Akhsa\u2019s husband, was a capable warrior but was reluctant to press their claim to the springs, and only did so after being urged along by his able and ambitious wife! The implication is clear: While the warrior men of Israel did not shirk their responsibility to wrest the land from the grip of the Canaanites, the task of settling it was embraced by Israel’s industrious women, whose love for Canaan was no less ardent. <\/span><\/p>\n

For Joseph, the warrior of note is Makhir son of Menashe. His exploit, recalled in Joshua 17:1, resembled the triumph of Otniel over the giants of Kiryat Sefer. The analog to Akhsa is provided by the five daughters of Zelophehad, spirited women all, who determinedly secure for themselves in perpetuity their deceased father’s tribal portion in the land (17:3-4). <\/span><\/p>\n

In both narratives, that of Judah as well as that of Joseph, the text pointedly indicates that the women demonstrated a sincere attachment to the land and a willingness to overcome obstacles in order to secure their place in it. In both stories these women were singled out by name, a fact that may come to emphasize the glaring difference between military triumphs on the one hand and settlement on the other, the twin pillars of the Book of Joshua as a whole. While the former is secured by anonymous masses of fighting men that triumph precisely because of the suppression and sacrifice of their individuality for the common good, the latter can only be achieved by specific personalities brave enough to clear and work their particular plot of land in order to build their own homes and raise their own families upon it. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the biblical world, the woman or mother figure takes responsibility for the care of the house and the nurturing of the children, while warfare is undertaken by the man. In the end, the contribution of both is essential for the overall success of the endeavor, and the accounts of Judah and Joseph therefore mention both. <\/span><\/p>\n

Joshua: The Challenge of the Promised Land <\/span><\/i>(Jerusalem: Koren, 2015); <\/span>Chapter: \u201cThe Territory of Joseph\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

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