Yahweh, as the main character in the book, takes the initiative in conquering the land, and it is Yahweh's power that wins battles ( for example, the walls of Jericho fall because Yahweh is fighting for Israel, not because the Israelites show superior fighting ability ).

" The divine call for massacre at Jericho and elsewhere can be explained in terms of cultural norms ( Israel wasn't the only Iron Age state to practice herem ) and theology ( a measure to ensure Israel's purity as well as the fulfillment of God's promise ), but Patrick D. Miller in his commentary on Deuteronomy remarks, " there is no real way to make such reports palatable to the hearts and minds of contemporary readers and believers.

Just north of the Dead Sea is Jericho.

Agriculture is first attested with the Pre-Pottery A and Pre-Pottery B cultures, which developed out of the earlier Epipaleolithic Natufian culture of the region. In the following period the Yarmukian ( c. 8500 – 4300 BCE ), Jericho IX ( Lodian ) and others developed out of the Munhata, culture, which seem to have developed from a fusion of the Harifian and Pre-Pottery B ..

Israel is believed to have deployed a road mobile nuclear ICBM, the Jericho III, which entered service in 2008, an upgraded version is in development.

Israel is believed to have deployed a road mobile nuclear ICBM, the Jericho III, which entered service in 2008.

Jericho (; ; ) is a Palestinian city located near the Jordan River in the West Bank.

It is the administrative seat of the Jericho Governorate.

Jericho is described in the Old Testament as the " City of Palm Trees.

Jericho is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, with evidence of settlement dating back to 9000 BCE.

First-century Jericho is described in Strabo's Geography as follows:

The road between Jerusalem and Jericho is the setting for the Parable of the Good Samaritan

Shortly thereafter the built-up area of the town was abandoned and a Byzantine Jericho, Ericha, was built a mile ( 1. 61km ) to the east, around which the modern town is centred.

Al-Maqdisi, the Arab geographer, wrote in 985 that, " the water of Jericho is held to be the highest and best in all Islam.

" Jericho is also referred to by him as one of the principal cities of Jund Filastin.

* Joshua is a main protagonist in Matthew Woodring Stover's novel Jericho Moon.

She is best known for her excavations in Jericho and Bangalow in 1952-1958.

According to Islamic tradition, Moses is buried at Maqam El-Nabi Musa, Jericho.

The beginning of the Neolithic culture is considered to be in the Levant ( Jericho, modern-day West Bank ) about 10200-8800 cal.

Devarim ( Deuteronomy ) is a series of speeches by Moses on the plains of Moab opposite Jericho.

Producer John Simon is often cited as a " sixth member " of the Band for producing and playing on Music from Big Pink, co-producing and playing on The Band, and playing on other songs up through the Band's 1993 reunion album Jericho.

* The temperance organisation, International Organisation of Good Templars, is established in Utica, New York, as the order of the Knights of Jericho.

Achor () is the name of a valley in the vicinity of Jericho.

It was also mentioned in the TV Series Jericho, in which one character is sent to the " Nebraska State Patrol Office " in Broken Bow — which is actually located in the real Broken Bow by the rest home off Broadway.

Jericho Center, on Browns Trace Road, is home to several historic buildings, churches, and Jericho Center Country Store, Vermont's oldest continuously running general store.

Jericho is home to one of Vermont's oldest and largest Boy Scout Troops, Troop 627 as well as very active Cub Scout Pack, Pack 621.

Jericho is famous throughout the world as the birthplace and lifelong home of Wilson " Snowflake " Bentley ( 1865 – 1931 ), an American farmer who photographed over five thousand snow crystals.

" At Judgment Day, the two met again, with Jericho telling Piper he made a wrong turn and missed the senior's home and alluding to the incident where Piper ripped off a fan's ( later revealed to be Zach Gowen ) leg and used it as a weapon, mentioning there were some midgets and lepers he could thrash, and while patting Piper's stomach, asked if he ate the leg.

In 2005, he toured with the young German power / Viking metal band Stormwarrior from his home town of Hamburg as lead singer, playing material from his classic Helloween debut album " Walls of Jericho "-the favorite album and greatest influence of Stormwarrior.

He suffered a stroke that left him partially paralyzed and died soon afterward in his home in Jericho, New York.

Jericho is a village in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States.

Jericho is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States.

Cultures in this period include: Hamburgian, Federmesser, and the Natufian culture, during which the oldest inhabited places still existing on Earth were first settled, such as Jericho in the Middle East.

* c. 9000 BC: Near East: First stone structures at Jericho are built.

The name of the area was changed in 1692 from Lusum to Jericho after the town in the Middle East near the Jordan River mentioned in the Bible as part of the Promised Land.

The school districts that serve the Greater Westbury region, based on the boundaries, are Westbury ( including New Cassel ), Carle Place, East Meadow, East Williston and Jericho.

* East Commack – Commack Spur along Harned Road ( CR 14 ) to Jericho Turnpike ( NY 25 )

According to an official report which was submitted to the American congress in 2004, it may be that with a payload of 1, 000 kg the Jericho III gives Israel nuclear strike capabilities within the entire Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia and almost all parts of North America, as well as within large parts of South America and North Oceania.

It is not related to the name for the city of Jericho in the Middle East.

) Vultures also feature prominently in the iconography of the Neolithic sites of Çatalhöyük and Jericho ; it is believed that in the early Neolithic culture of Anatolia and the Near East the deceased were deliberately exposed in order to be excarnated by vultures and other carrion birds.

It is clear in a letter written to his wife on the day of his ceremonial entry into Jerusalem that Allenby was keeping a close eye on the evolving situation: " The Turks are driven 3 or 4 miles down the Jericho road, to the East ; and some 6 or 8 Miles to the North.

It is not clear what happens to the crystal she spins ; whether it eventually breaks down or remains in existence has never been established ( she once spun a crystal bridge to transport herself and Jericho from Manhattan to Titans Tower in the East River ; what happened to that bridge is subject to debate ).

In 1999, based on on a reanalyis of pottery shards ( a method which can provide highly accurate dates in the context of the ancient Near East ), Wood argued that Jericho could have been captured in the Late Bronze Age by Joshua.

In her fifth term as a legislator, Jacobs represents legislative district 16, which includes Bethpage, Cove Neck, East Norwich, Jericho, Laurel Hollow, Muttontown, Oyster Bay, Oyster Bay Cove, Plainview, Syosset, and Woodbury.