Judges
By: Robert D. Branson.
Series: New Beacon Bible commentary
Publisher: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Kansas City, Mo
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9780834124073
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Judges -- Commentaries
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The title; title: The historical setting; title: Chronology of the book of Judges; title: The Deuteronomic history; title: Modern theories; title: Themes; title: Supporting themes that flow out of the concept of covenant; title: Writing and compilation of the book of Judges; title: Judges and the inspiration of Scripture; title: Methodology; title: Theological themes; title: Human freedom; title: Sovereignty of God; title: Call for total loyalty; title: Commentary; title: Overview (1:1; title: 3:6); title: A geography of failure (1:1; title: 2:5); title: Judah goes up (1:1-7); title: Taking Jerusalem and Hebron (1:8-10); title: Taking Debir (1:11-15); title: Judah's successes and inadequacies (1:16-21); title: Taking Bethel (1:22-26); title: Living among the Canaanites (1:27-36); title: End of the conquest (2:1-5); title: Testing Israel (2:6; title: 3:6); title: Death of Joshua (2:6-10); title: The next generation (2:11-19); title: Yahweh's decision (2:20-23); title: Reasons for the nations to remain (3:1-6); title: Military triumph : spiritual degeneration (3:7; title: 16:31); title: Othniel, Ehud, and Shamgar (3:7-31); title: Othniel (3:7-11); title: Ehud (3:12-30); title: Shamgar (3:31); title: Deborah, Barak, and Jael (4:1; title: 5:31); title: The prose story (4:1-24); title: Sisera the oppressor (4:1-3); title: Deborah and Barak (4:4-10); title: Heber the Kenite (4:11); title: The battle with Sisera (4:12-16); title: Sisera and Jael (4:17-22); title: Destruction of Jabin (4:23-24); title: The poem (5:1-31); title: Introduction (5:1-11); title: The mustering of the tribes (5:12-18); title: The battle (5:19-22); title: Jael's victory (5:23-27); title: Sisera's mother (5:28-31); title: Gideon, Abimelech, Tola, and Jair (6:1; title: 10:5); title: Gideon, the reluctant judge (6:1; title: 8:35); title: Oppression of the Midianites (6:1-10); title: The call of Gideon (6:11-40); title: God's victory (7:1-23); title: Gideon's victory and vengeance (7:24; title: 8:21); title: Gideon and Israel's idolatry (8:22-35); title: Abimelech's failed monarchy (9:1-57); title: Abimelech as king (9:1-6); title: Jotham's parable of the trees (9:7-21); title: Plots against Abimelech (9:22-33); title: Abimelech's battles (9:34-57); title: Tola and Jair (10:1-5); title: God's rejection of Israel's cry (10:6-18); title: Jephthah, Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon (11:1; title: 12:15); title: Jephthah and the Ammonites (11:1-28); title: The war with Ephraim (12:1-7); title: Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon (12:8-15); title: Samson (13:1; title: 16:31); title: The birth of Samson (13:1-25); title: Samson's conflict with the Philistines (14:1; title: 15:20); title: Samson's final exploits (16:1-31); title: Failure complete (17:1; title: 21:25); title: Relocation of Dan (17:1; title: 18:31); title: Micah and the Levite (17:1-13); title: New home for the tribe of Dan (18:1-31); title: War within Israel (19:1; title: 21:25); title: The Levite and his concubine (19:1-30); title: War between the tribes (20:1-48); title: Wives for the men of Benjamin (21:1-25).