Many modern historians and biblical critics do not regard the Book of Joshua’s account as a straightforward record of a swift and unified military conquest. Archaeological and textual studies have led many scholars to propose a gradual process of settlement and social change, or even Israelite emergence within Canaan. Some also interpret the conquest narrative as reflecting political, theological, and communal concerns in the late 7th century bce, when the Book of Joshua was likely written.
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