Joshua.
Joshua.
§ 125. The Greeks call the Book of Joshua: 
, because it contains the history of the things that Joshua, the servant of Moses, had done, things that Joshua himself consigned to writing by God’s will. Augustine (Q. 12 in lib. Judic.) has doubts as to who wrote the Book of Joshua. Some attribute it to Ezra and others to a prophet. The title, however, indicates that Joshua wrote it, a fact that Munsterus confirms in c. 1 of Joshua. You see, it is called “the Book of Joshua” not merely with respect to its object but also with respect to its instrumental efficient cause, as we conclude from Josh. 24:26.
** There is a report that Ezra added to the end of the book the things that were written after the death of Joshua. Theodoret thinks that the entire book was taken long after Joshua’s death from an ancient commentary whose title was “the Book of the Just,” taken from the words of Josh. 10:13: “Is this not written in the Book of the Just?” **
It has twenty-four chapters and contains the history of the eighteen years from Moses’ death to Joshua’s death. It describes the history: (1) of the entry of the Israelites into the land of Canaan under the leadership of Joshua; (2) of the vanquishing of the Canaanites; and (3) of the distribution of the land among the tribes of Israel. It also can be divided into a history of Joshua’s affairs (1) in war and (2) in peace. It contains 645 verses.