Philoxenus of Mabbug

In his own words on Joshua

• Joshua 6:3

  For when they had passed over the Jordan, Joshua commanded them to go round Jericho seven days, each day once, and on the seventh day to go round seven times, and he and the priests were to go before them carrying horns and the ark of the Lord; and the whole people followed after Joshua and after the ark in simplicity, like children following their fathers.

  13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 4 -- On Faith: First Discourse on Simplicity

• Joshua 6:20

  And why should I speak concerning the prophets [only] in the case of a nation in the whole of which—together with women and children—faith showed forth such mighty triumphs as these? For faith, as it had been commanded, cried out, and the walls [of Jericho] were not able to stand against its voice. In every place faith manifested such triumphs as these, and it worked marvellous things in all the Holy Books. He that hath perceived the power of faith, and hath had experience thereof in very deed, knoweth that it wrought these things, and he believeth also that it doeth [still] such things as these.

  13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 2 -- On Faith

• Joshua 10:12

  Thus also with power did Joshua, the son of Nun, command the sun and the moon, and they were restrained, and each of them stood still in its course. Joshua stretched out his hand and spake with the power of faith, saying, "Thou sun, tarry in Gibeon, and thou moon, in the valley of Ajalon;" and the sun was restrained, and the moon stood until the people had taken vengeance upon its enemies.

  13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 2 -- On Faith