Joan Taylor has received funding from the Commonwealth scholarships and Fulbright schemes, the Wellcome Trust, Leverhulme and various academic societies. In terms of religious faith she is a Quaker.

As the story begins, we learn that the Israelites-under the leadership of Moses-have been wandering the wilderness for forty years. Now, they are about to enter the Promised Land. But Moses will not ...

This is an engraving that Swiss-Italian artist Hieronymus Ferroni made to depict Joshua s bidding the sun to stand still so his army could finish defeating six kings who had attacked his ally Gibeon.