Judges / by Klaas Spronk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spronk, Klaas, author.

Series:

Historical commentary on the Old Testament

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Judges--Commentaries.

Bible.

Bible. Judges.

Genre:

Commentaries.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 550 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leuven : Peeters, 2019.

Summary:

This commentary presents a new approach to the old problems of the dating of the book of Judges and the reconstruction of the way different sources were used. It wants to show that the book of Judges can be read as the work of one literary talented author living in the early Hellenistic period. With materials from different sources he wrote his book as introduction to the history of the kings of Israel as can be found in the books of Samuel and Kings with a clear view on leadership and on the relation between the leader and YHWH. Next to the reconstruction of the historical background of the book and its author, much attention is paid to the history of interpretation, from the earliest retellings to the newest interpretations.

Contents:

Introduction

Judges 1:1-36: Success and failure in taking possession of the promised land

Judges 2:1-5: The messenger of YHWH in Bochim

Judges 2:6-3:6: Israel's idolatry and its consequences

Judges 3:7-11: Othniel

Judges 3:12-30: Ehud

Judges 3:31: Shamgar

Judges 4.1-5:31: Deborah, Barak and Jael

Judges 6:1-8:32: Gideon

Judges 8:33-9:57: Abimelech

Judges 10:1-5: Tola and Jair

Judges 10:6-12:7: Jephthah

Judges 12:8-15: Ibzan, Elon and Abdon

Judges 13:1-16:31: Samson

Judges 17:1-18:31: The Danities

Judges 19:1-21:25: The Benjaminites.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [xix]-xxxii).

ISBN:

9789042940352

9042940352

OCLC:

1127976992