Spronk, Klaas, <br/><br/>
Judges /  [print] 
by Klaas Spronk. 
 - Leuven ;  Bristol, Conneticut :  Peeters,  (c)2019. 
 - xxxii, 550 pages ;  24 cm. 
 - Historical commentary on the Old Testament. .
 - Historical commentary on the Old Testament. .
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9042940352 9789042940352 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2020396320 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--Judges--Commentaries.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Old Testament Bible Study. Old Testament Commentaries. 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Commentaries.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1305.53.S771.J834 2019 BS1305.H578