I’m currently watching Bible Battles, on the History Channel, which treats the OT books dealing with the rise of the Israelites (Exodus, Numbers, Joshua, Judges, etc.) as military treatise. It first aired last December.

Whatever your religious convictions, this is well worth a watch. While it seems to rely upon only a few expert sources, it doesn’t go too far from Biblical legend – the greatest departure likely being another possible debunk of the absurd and embattled notion that Joshua blew his horn, and the walls of Jericho came tumbling down.