Joshua, Judges, and Ruth for Everyone
Overview
This volume presents accessible and engaging overviews of the books of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth and their beloved stories. Joshua, Judges, & Ruth for Everyone is grounded in solid scholarship and enhanced with a contemporary flair by the distinguished scholar John Goldingay. Perfect for daily devotions, Sunday school prep, or brief visits with the Bible, this commentary is an excellent resource for the modern lay reader.
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- Presents an accessible and engaging overview of the books of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth
- Discusses the text’s contemporary relevance
- Provides an introduction to the texts theological significance
Top Highlights
“As was the case with Moses, God determines to use someone who is a failure, without obvious potential and without religious insight, because God’s using someone does not depend on that person’s leadership qualities or spiritual insight. God designates Gideon a mighty warrior not because he has potential that no one has noticed but simply because that is the way God intends to use him.” (Page 109)
“They are thus eating the produce of the promised land. Their action is in keeping with the fact that they have arrived in the promised land and will no longer need the special provision associated with the wilderness. Yet it is an outrageous act of faith and hope. They have crossed the Jordan and entered the land, but in a way they are only like some immigrants from Mexico who have crept across the U.S. border. Their problems are only beginning. The Israelites are behaving as if their occupation of the land is accomplished when actually they have not yet faced any of the current inhabitants of the land.” (Pages 23–24)
“Joshua is being reminded that the key to his success as a leader is his simply being a committed disciple.” (Pages 9–10)
“It is impossible to guess why she should make this commitment. Naomi herself is pushing her away. Naomi’s people is a people that looks down on Ruth’s people. Naomi’s God is the one Naomi has seen abandoning her and Ruth and Orpah. Yet this God is the one Ruth appeals to in her oath of allegiance to Naomi. As Rahab and Achan confused the distinction between Canaanites and Israelites in Joshua, Ruth and Naomi confuse the distinction between Moabites and Israelites. Naomi talks like a Moabite; Ruth talks like an Israelite.” (Page 169)
- Title: Joshua, Judges, and Ruth for Everyone: A Theological Commentary on the Bible
- Author: John Goldingay
- Series: For Everyone Bible Study Guides
- Publishers: SPCK, Westminster John Knox
- Print Publication Date: 2011
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Pages: 216
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. O.T. Joshua › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Judges › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. Ruth › Commentaries
- Resource ID: LLS:EVRY06JOS
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
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