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The book is an in-depth, reader friendly analysis of the Book of Judges, one of the most dramatic books of the Bible. This study argues that the Book of Judges has a single focused message: that it is the values held by a people and not its politics that determine its fate.
List of contents
Abbreviations
List of Maps
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Prologue: Setting the Stage
Foreword: A Flawed Follow-Up
Chapter 1: Getting Our Bearings
Chapter 2: The View from Olympus
Part I: The First Saviors: Solo Beginnings
Chapter 3: A New Age Dawns
Chapter 4: The Left Hand of God
A Minor Interlude: Shamgar
Part II: The Deborah Duet
Chapter 5: Canaan's Last Gasp
Chapter 6: Sing Muse, How the Enemies of the Lord are Fallen
Part III: The Gideon Quartet
Chapter 7: The Hewer of Idols
Chapter 8: The Day of Midian
Chapter 9: Nemesis
Chapter 10: The Man Who Would Be King
A Second Minor Interlude: Tola And Jair
Part IV: The Jephthah Quintet: A Tragedy in Five Installments
Chapter 11: A Dialogue Twixt Heaven and Earth
Chapter 12: The Man from Tob
Chapter 13: Giving Peace a Chance
Chapter 14: Triumph and Tragedy
Chapter 15: Into the Valley Of Death
Final Minor Interlude: Ibzan, Elon and Abdon
Part V: The Loose Cannon: The Samson Sextet
Chapter 16: Introduction: The Tragedy Of Samson
Chapter 17: Prologue: In the Beginning
Chapter 18: Timnah
Chapter 19: Vengeance Is Mine
Chapter 20: The Way to Dusty Death
Chapter 21: Unresolved Dissonances
Epilogue: Has It Come To This?
Chapter 22: Epilogue Part I: A Tale of Stolen Silver
Chapter 23: Epilogue Part II (A): Atrocity!
Chapter 24: Epilogue Part II (B): Outrage!
Chapter 25: Epilogue Part II (C): Restoration
Conclusion
Chapter 26: Olympus Revisited
Appendices
Glossary of Terms and Place Names
Who's Who in Judges
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Author
About the author
Hillel I. Millgram, ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, lives in Israel. He combines research and writing with teaching graduate courses in the Bible.
Summary
The book is an in-depth, reader friendly analysis of the Book of Judges, one of the most dramatic books of the Bible. This study argues that the Book of Judges has a single focused message: that it is the values held by a people and not its politics that determine its fate.
