Judges (Old Testament Library | OTL)

by Susan Niditch

Publisher:

Westminster John Knox

, 2008

Overview

Susan Niditch’s commentary on the book of Judges pays careful attention to the literary and narrative techniques of the text and yields fresh readings of the book’s difficult passages: stories of violence, ethnic conflict, and gender issues. Niditch aptly and richly conveys the theological impact and enduring significance of these stories.

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Key Features

• Presents literary and narrative techniques of the text
• Yields fresh readings of the books difficult passages
• Conveys the theological impact and enduring sigificance of the stories in Judges

Contents

• Introduction by Means of Explicit Ambivalence
• From “Weeping” to the Death of Joshua
• A Covenantal Introduction and the Judges Othniel, Ehud, and Shamgar
• Tales of Deborah and Jael,Warrior Women
• The Song of Deborah
• The Call of Gideon
• The Battle with Midian
• Inner-Group Tensions, the Rejection of Kingship, and a Hero’s Burial
• The Rise and Fall of Abimelech, the Would-be King
• The Judges Tola and Jair, and Israel’s Subsequent Decline
• Jephthah, Epic Hero
• Internecine Strife and Brief Annals of Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon
• The Birth Story of Samson, Superhero
• Samson and Marriage with the Philistines
• The Female “Other,” Delilah, and Death
• Micah’s House Shrine and the Founding of Dan
• The Rape and Murder of the Levite’s Concubine
• Civil War
• The Reconciliation of Men through “the Traffic in Women”

Product Details

• Title: Judges: A Commentary
• Author: Susan Niditch
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: The Old Testament Library
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox
• Print Publication Date: 2008
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 320
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. O.T. Judges › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9780664220969, 9780664238315, 0664220967, 0664238319
• Resource ID: LLS:OTL07JDG
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:33:13Z

About Susan Niditch

Susan Niditch is Samuel Green Professor of Religion at Amherst College. She is the author of many books, including Oral World and Written Word: Ancient Israelite Literature in the acclaimed Library of Ancient Israel, published by Westminster John Knox Press.