Judges:the Stuff of Epics
Individualism and Heroism
Oranization
“In those days, there was no king in Israel.”
1. Othniel 3.7-11
2. Ehud 3.12-30
3. Shamgar 3.31
4. Deborah 4-5
Deborah’s Song
5. Gideon 6-8
Gideon Refuses Rule 8.23
Gideon: Father of Seventy--and Abimelech
6. Abimelech: Rule of Seventy or One? 9
Treacherous Rebellion
King Killed by a Woman
7 and 8. Two Minor Judges 10. 1-5 Civil Judges
9. Jepthah 10.6-12.7
10, 11, 12 Three Minor Judges 12.8-15
13. Sampson 13-17
Spirit of God
Reverse Golden Rule
Micah Builds a Shrine
Israel Wars with its Own
Hot Anger and Vengeance
Familiar Refrain
Canaanite Religion
Baals and Ashtaroth
Nations Fought
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