Editing Book of Joshua (section)

===Manuscripts===
[[File:Washington Manuscript I - Deuteronomy and Joshua (Codex Washingtonensis).jpg|thumb|Washington Manuscript I, a Greek manuscript featuring the end of [[Deuteronomy]] and beginning of Joshua]]
Fragments of Joshua dating to the [[Hasmonean]] period were found among the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] (4QJosh<sup>a</sup> and 4QJosh<sup>b</sup>, found in [[Qumran Caves|Qumran Cave 4]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deadseascrolls.org.il/explore-the-archive/manuscript/4Q47-1?locale=en_US|title=The Dead Sea Scrolls – 4Q Joshua|website=The Dead Sea Scrolls – 4Q Joshua}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MmHnBQAAQBAJ|title=The Rewritten Joshua Scrolls from Qumran: Texts, Translations, and Commentary|first=Ariel|last=Feldman|date=2014|publisher=De Gruyter|isbn=978-3-11-029005-9}}</ref>
The [[Septuagint]] (Greek translation) is found in manuscripts such as [[Biblical Manuscripts in the Freer Collection|Washington Manuscript I]] (5th century CE), and a reduced version of the Septuagint text is found in the illustrated [[Joshua Roll]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/language-culture/discrepancies-in-manuscripts-show-how-old-testament-scribes-edited-the-book-of-joshua|title=Discrepancies in manuscripts show how Old Testament scribes edited the Book of Joshua|date=January 29, 2018|website=University of Helsinki}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=The septuagint-version of the book of Joshua|first=Martin|last=Rösel|authorlink=Martin Rösel|date=January 1, 2002|journal=Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament|volume=16|issue=1|pages=5–23|via=Taylor and Francis+NEJM|doi=10.1080/09018320210000329|s2cid=161116376}}</ref> The earliest complete copy of the book in [[Biblical Hebrew|Hebrew]] is in the [[Aleppo Codex]] (10th century CE).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-sep-28-adfg-aleppo28-story.html|title=Scholars search for pages of ancient Hebrew Bible|date=September 28, 2008|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aleppocodex.org/links/9.html|title=The Aleppo Codex|website=www.aleppocodex.org|access-date=2020-09-03|archive-date=2012-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115105923/http://www.aleppocodex.org/links/9.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>