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This book provides an extensive literary analysis of the Gideon, Abimelech and Jephthah narratives in Judges 6-12, and discloses the main intention of these stories. The book consists of three chapters, each of which analyses the respective biblical narratives. These narratives show the two parameters by which the Israelite leaders are examined, namely their loyalty to God and their altruistic character: A leader who prefers his own interest is doomed to his own demise and brings devastation upon his people. Judges does not establish a preferred governmental model, instead it considers the advantages and disadvantages of the different types of regimes. In the epilogue it is suggested that these narratives are conveniently placed in the pre-monarchic period when the question of the regime becomes part of the political debate. The book of Judges offers criteria for the choice of the right leader.
Readership: The book will engage those interested in biblical narrative and particularly in the Book of Judges, as well as those who have an interest in synchronic readings with an eye toward their underlying ideologies.
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Elie Assis, Ph.D. (1999) in Biblical studies, Bar-Ilan University, Israel, is a lecturer of Bible at Bar-Ilan University. He has published on literary and theological aspects of biblical narrative including a study on the Book of Joshua: From Moses to Joshua and From the Miraculous to the Ordinary (Magnes, 2005, in Hebrew).
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Old Testament, God of Israel, Sefer Shoftim, The Center Cannot Hold, The Triumph of Irony, Abimelech's Leadership King, Jephthah the Gileadite, Das Buch, Mount Gerizim, Grand Rapids, Mizpah of Gilead, New Form-Critical Analysis, Ophrah of the Abiezrites, Winona Lake, Gros Louis, Murder They Wrote, Tel Aviv, The Jotham Fable Anti-monarchical, The Role of Human Sacrifice, The Sense of Biblical Narrative, Wisdom Literature New!
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Old Testament, God of Israel, Sefer Shoftim, The Center Cannot Hold, The Triumph of Irony, Abimelech's Leadership King, Jephthah the Gileadite, Das Buch, Mount Gerizim, Grand Rapids, Mizpah of Gilead, New Form-Critical Analysis, Ophrah of the Abiezrites, Winona Lake, Gros Louis, Murder They Wrote, Tel Aviv, The Jotham Fable Anti-monarchical, The Role of Human Sacrifice, The Sense of Biblical Narrative, Wisdom Literature New!
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- The Book of Judges (Cambridge Bible Commentaries on the Old Testament) by James D. Martin on 10 pages
- The Triumph of Irony in the Book of Judges (Bible and Literature Series) by Lillian R. Klein on 8 pages
- The Book of Judges (Old Testament Readings) by Mark Brettler on 5 pages
- Prolegomena to the History of Ancient Israel by Julius Wellhausen on page 179, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- OLD TESTAMENT THEOLOGY VOL I (OTL) (Old Testament Library) by GERHARD VON RAD in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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