Judges

, by Soggin, J. Alberto; Bowden, John S.

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ISBN: 9780664223212 | 0664223214
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Copyright: 12/1/1981

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This Old Testament Library volume provides a commentary on the book of Judges.The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing.

Preface	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xiii
General bibliography	p. xix
Introduction
The Title	p. 1
Division and Characteristics	p. 4
Redaction of the 'Main Body'	p. 5
Chronology	p. 6
Text and Translations	p. 12
Commentary
Traditions on the Conquest (1.1-2.5)	p. 15
The 'Main Body' of the Book (2.6-16.31)	p. 35
2.6-3.6 The Deuteronomistic Introduction	p. 37
3.7-11 The Judge Othniel	p. 45
3.2-30 The Judge Ehud	p. 48
3.31 Shamgar ben Anath	p. 57
4-5 Deborah and Barak as Judges	p. 60
Chapter 4	p. 60
Chapter 5	p. 79
6-8 Gideon	p. 102
The Calling and Mission of Gideon (ch. 6)	p. 109
The Midianite oppression (6.1-10)	p. 109
Gideon and the altar at Ophrah (6.11-24)	p. 113
Gideon destroys the sanctuary of Baal at Ophrah (6.25-32)	p. 122
The call to arms against Midian (6.33-35)	p. 129
The test of the fleece (6.36-40)	p. 131
Campaign in Cisjordan (7.1-8.3)	p. 134
The troops of the tribal league and the three hundred Abiezrites (7.1-8)	p. 134
Favourable omens (7.9-15)	p. 140
The attack (7.16-22)	p. 142
The capture of two princes of Midian (7.23-8.3)	p. 146
Campaign in Transjordan (8.4-35)	p. 148
Gideon in Transjordan (8.4-12)	p. 148
Gideon's feud and vendetta (8.13-21)	p. 153
Anti-monarchical epilogue (8.22-32)	p. 157
Conclusion (8.33-35)	p. 161
9.1-57 The Reign of Abimelech	p. 162
Abimelech becomes king (9.1-6)	p. 166
Jotham's apologue (9.7, 8-15)	p. 171
Jotham's speech (9.[7] 16-21)	p. 171
First difficulties between Abimelech and the men of Shechem (9.22-25)	p. 179
Gaal's conspiracy (9.26-29)	p. 183
Abimelech's first campaign (9.30-41)	p. 186
The second campaign and the destruction of Shechem (9.42-45)	p. 190
The destruction of the 'Tower of Shechem' (9.46-49)	p. 191
The death of Abimelech (9.50-55)	p. 193
Final comments (9.56f.)	p. 193
10.1-5 The First List of 'Minor' Judges	p. 195
10.6-12.7 Jephthah	p. 201
Prologue: Deuteronomistic introduction (10.6-18)	p. 201
The appointment of Jephthah (10.17-11.11)	p. 203
The delegation to the Ammonites (11.12-28)	p. 208
Jephthah's vow (11.29-40)	p. 213
The civil war between Gideon and Ephraim (12.1-7)	p. 219
12.8-15 The Second List of 'Minor' Judges	p. 223
13-16 Samson	p. 225
The miraculous birth (ch. 13)	p. 232
Samson's first wedding (ch. 14)	p. 237
Samson, incendiary and warrior (ch. 15)	p. 244
Other exploits and the death of Samson (ch. 16)	p. 250
Appendix on Various Themes (chs. 17-21)	p. 261
17-18 The Migration of Dan and the Origins of its Sanctuary	p. 264
Micah's idol (17.1-6)	p. 264
The levite, Micah's priest (17.7-13)	p. 266
The Danites explore (18.1-7)	p. 270
The beginning of the Danite migration (18.8-13)	p. 273
The capture of Micah's image (18.14-21)	p. 274
Micah's reaction (18.22-26)	p. 275
The capture of Laish (18.27-31)	p. 275
19-21 The Civil War against Benjamin	p. 279
The levite and his concubine (19.1-9)	p. 283
The arrival at Gibeah (19.10-21)	p. 285
The outrage of the Gibeonites (19.22-28)	p. 287
The publicity given to the outrage (19.29f.)	p. 289
The assembly of the tribes of Israel (20.1-11)	p. 289
The demands made on the Benjaminites (20.12-17)	p. 291
The first two battles and defeats (20.18-28)	p. 292
The third battle and the Israelite victory (20.29-48)	p. 293
Women of Jabesh for Benjamin (21.1-14)	p. 297
The rape of the women of Shiloh (21.15-25)	p. 298
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