Table of Contents
Welcome to the Teach the Text Commentary Series ix
Introduction to the Teach the Text Commentary Series xi
Preface xiii
Abbreviations xv
Introduction to Judges 1
Judges 1:1-2:5: Military Failure 13
Judges 2:6-3:6: Religions Failure 20
Additional Insights: Giants | Bronze Age Cities | Baal 26
Judges 3:7-31: Othniel 28
Judges 3:12-30: Ehud 34
Judges 4:1-24: Prose Account of Deborah and Barak 41
Judges 5:1-31: Poetic Account of Deborah and Barak 49
Additional Insights: Women in the Book of Judges 56
Judges 6:1-32: Gideon's Rise 58
Judges 6:33-7:25: Gideon's Battle 65
Judges 8:1-32: Gideon's Demise 72
Additional Insights: Angel of the Lord | Hebrews 11 and Hermeneutics 79
Judges 8:33-9:57: Abimelek 81
Judges 10:6-16: Israel's Problem 89
Judges 10:17-11:28: Jephthah's Rise 95
Judges 11:29-12:7: Jephthab's Fall 101
Judges 3:31; 10:1-5; 12:8-15: Minor judges 108
Judges 13:1-25: Sainson's Beginning 115
Judges 14:1-20: Samson's Marriage 122
Judges 15:1-20: Samson's Revenge 129
Judges 16:1-31: Samson's End 136
Judges 17:1-13: Micah's Shrine 144
Judges 18:1-31: Danite Migration 151
Judges 19:1-30: The Levite's Concubine 158
Judges 20:1-48: Israel versus Benjamin 165
Judges 21:1-25: Wives for Benjamin 172
Introduction to Ruth 179
Ruth 1:1-22: The Widows Return after a Bitter Past 186
Ruth 2:1-23: Ruth's Initiative and the Character of Boaz 194
Ruth 3:1-18: Naomi's Initiative and the Character of Ruth 201
Ruth 4:1-22: Redemption and Marriage for a Blessed Future 208
Notes 215
Bibliography 229
Contributors 242
Index 243
