Judges

Introduction to Judges From the New American Bible Shoftim - Chapter 1 Commentary by the 11th-century rabbi Rashi Judging the Judges: Finding Value in These Problematic Characters L R Martin Making a "Bad" Woman Wicked: The Devilish Construction of Delilah within Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah (1949) Anton Karl Kozlovic 'No King In Israel': Narrative Criticism and Judges 17-21 Philip E. Satterthwaite Reconsideration of Shamgar Ben Anath (Judg 3:31 and 5:6) Peter C. Craigie A Literary Appreciation of the Book of Judges J. P. U. Lilley The Altar in Joshua and Judges J. P. U. Lilley Tracking the World of Judges: The Use of Contextual Resources in Narration and Conversation Nicolai Winther-Nielsen Judges Early Jewish Writings Daily Life in the Days of Samuel Dr. Robert D. Miller II, SFO Book of Judges The Jewish Encyclopedia Judges The Catholic Encyclopedia Judges 4------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The Hand of a Woman": Deborah and Yael (Judges 4) Elie Assis "Blessed Be Jael Among Women": Judges 4:4-24, Luke 1:46-55 Rev. John L. Bell Neith and the Two Biblical Deborahs: One and the Same Gary Greenberg Deborah, The Song of The Jewish Encyclopedia Judges 5------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Song of Deborah as Polemic G. T. K. Wong The Eclipse of God in the Song of Deborah (Judges 5): The Role of Yhwh  in the Light of Heroic Poetry Charles L. Echols Parallel Word Pairs in the Song of Deborah (Judges 5) Peter C. Craigie Judges 6------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gideon The Jewish Encyclopedia Where Should One Look for Gideon's Ophra? L. Niesiolowski-Spanò Judges 8------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abimilech The Jewish Encyclopedia Judges 11------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bargaining in Tov (Judges 11,4-11): The Many Directions of So-called Direct Speech Kenneth M. Craig, Jr. Son of a Prostitute and Daughter of a Warrior: What Do You Think the Story in Judges 11 Means? Pamela J. Milne Jephthah's Daughter: An Invitation to Non-Lectionary Preaching Walter Sundberg Jephthah The Jewish Encyclopedia Jephthah David Mandel The Story of Jephthah's Daughter, Then and Now Bernard P. Robinson Judges 13------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Samson—The Last Judge (Judges 13-16) Robert A. Starke Samson The Jewish Encyclopedia Samson the 'Holy One': A Suggestion Regarding the Reviser's Use of a#gioj in Judg 13,7; 16,17 LXX Vaticanus Stuart D. Chepey The Symbolism of the Lion and the Bees: Another Ironic Twist in the Samson Cycle Martin Emmrich Closure in Samson Marian Broida Judges 18------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Metaphorical Etiology in Judges 18:12 Uwe F. W. Bauer Judges 19------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Levite's Concubine: The Story That Never Was Heidi M. Szpek