Preparing for Weirdness: Intro to Judges - Faith and Other Oddities Episode 38
We are kicking off our series in Judges! But before we get started, we pause to look at the resources we will be using in our study. We discuss the concept of a judge in this book as leader and ruler rather than one who issues legal decrees, and why this is sets the stage for the monarchy birthed in the book of Samuel. We also explore the difficulties of this book such dating, authorship, evidence of editing, and purpose in preserving these disturbing stories as part of history of faith.
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Resources from this episode:
The Book of Judges (NEW INTERNATIONAL COMMENTARY ON THE OLD TESTAMENT) by Barry G. Webb (Book) - https://amzn.to/322BBio
Judges, Ruth: An Exegetical and Theological Exposition of Holy Scripture (The New American Commentary) by Daniel I. Block - https://amzn.to/2Xh9zRv
The Prophets: Joshua/Judges (ArtScroll (Mesorah)) edited by Nosson Scherman - https://amzn.to/2LrkVLH
The Bodies of God and the World of Ancient Israel by Benjamin D. Sommer (Book) - https://amzn.to/2ZVmHsz
The Paradise War: Book One in The Song of Albion Trilogy (Song of Albion) by Stephen Lawhead - https://amzn.to/2NBBQOD
The Armarna Letters by Elizabeth Knott (article) - http://bit.ly/2X9JS0j
Merneptah Stele (article) - http://bit.ly/2JeSxtw
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