Joshua

by Georg Ebers Book 2 in the Pharaonic Egypt series.

First published 1890

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Hosea, the warrior who will become Joshua, is drawn between service in the Egyptian world he knows and loyalty to the Israelites preparing to leave bondage. As the Exodus gathers momentum, questions of leadership, faith and military responsibility force him to choose where he belongs and what kind of leader he will become.

Ebers retells the biblical departure from Egypt as a historical romance, expanding the familiar narrative with desert travel, political calculation and the practical problems of moving a threatened people through hostile country. Moses and Miriam stand beside invented characters in a story of migration, belief and survival.