[Dr. Sivana]

I’ll give a Jewish publication a pass for using BCE and CE. However, referring to Joshua as a Prime Minister, as if he were the Benjamin Netanyahu of antiquity overseeing the Jewish “Parliament” is really, really silly.

[wideawake]

I thought the exact same thing.

Joshua was not a "prime minister" - he was a divinely appointed general/leader.

[Verginius Rufus]

For this period of Israelite history there are no firm dates, just educated guesses...and anyway dates BCE or BC are counted downwards. Joshua himself was Israelite but not Jewish--he was of the tribe of Ephraim, descended from Joseph, not of the tribe of Judah.

Caleb is called a Kenezite (Joshua 14.6)--I think that would make him a descendant of Kenaz, a grandson of Esau (cf. Genesis 36.11), rather than a descendant of Jacob, although he is treated as a member of the tribe of Judah in Numbers 13.6.

[ChicagoHebrew]

I’ll give a Jewish publication a pass for using BCE and CE. However, referring to Joshua as a Prime Minister, as if he were the Benjamin Netanyahu of antiquity overseeing the Jewish “Parliament” is really, really silly.

Arutz Sheva is an Orthodox Jewish organization. Joshua's technical title was "Shofet" ("Judge" as in "The Book of Judges"). In Jewish tradition, the Judges were appointed by and subject to Israel's national legislative and judicial body, the Sanhedrin (the council of 70 elders established in Numbers 11:16). So, it's not a terrible translation to describe Joshua as "Prime Minister." But it is a bit strange to use that term.