Joshua is a biblical parable about the exodus of the Jews from Egypt. A retelling and rethinking of a well-known story, an attempt to describe it from the point of view of the people who participated in it. What is more important - personal happiness or faith and duty. How can a person take on his shoulders responsibility for the fate of an entire people? What kind of sacrifices can you make for the happiness and freedom of a loved one, what kind of bargains with your own destiny. This is what Georg Ebers' novel is about - about people, their destinies, their feelings, their faith.