Judges of Israel
by Damien F. Mackey Aiming for a reasonable chronology of Joshua “The first part of period A is the actual conquest of the land …. The length of this period is deduced from statements made by Caleb. In Joshua 14:7 Caleb recalls that he was 40 years old when he was sent to spy out the land, while in verse 10 he states that he is now 85 years old at the date of speaking, which was immediately after the Conquest”. Dr John Osgood For the following I shall be dependent, again, upon the insights of Dr. John Osgood – in this case his article, “The Times of the Judges - The Archaeology: (a) Exodus to Conquest” (pp. 144-145): He commences: “Having accepted I Kings 6:1 as a record of actual elapsed time and the 450 years of Acts 13:20 as an occurrence prior to the times of the Judges, we are now able to begin to piece together the internal arrangements and arrive at final, though somewhat surprising, conclusions