Judges through the Centuries (Blackwell Bible Commentaries | BBC)
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Overview
This bible commentary traces the reception of Judges through the ages, not only by scholars and theologians, but also by preachers, teachers, politicians, poets, essayists and artists.
- Treats the text story by story, making it accessible to non-specialists.
- Considers the stories of women in Judges, including Deborah, Jael, who slew Sisera, and Jephthah’s daughter, sacrificed by her father.
- Illustrates how ideology and the social location of readers have shaped the way the book has been read.
In this first volume of the new Blackwell Bible Commentaries series to treat a book from the Tanak, David M. Gunn has not only provided a useful tool for students of the book of Judges but also established a new standard for biblical commentaries in general.
—Review of Biblical Literature
A sometimes sober, sometimes whimsical, sometimes disturbing, sometimes delightful, and always enlightening journey through the centuries alongside all manner of Bible readers... Gunn has attempted a large feat here – to provide readers with a meaningful survey of over 2,000 years’ worth of reception of the book of Judges—and has succeeded admirably. Hopefully, other volumes in the Blackwell series will live up to Gunn’s example. This is an engaging and enlightening commentary that deserves attention from anyone interested in the history of the interpretation, use, and influence of the book of Judges.
—The Bible and Critical Theory
Gunn has attempted a large feat here—to provide readers with a meaningful survey of over 2,000 years’ worth of reception of the book of Judges—and has succeeded admirably...This is an engaging and enlightening commentary that deserves attention from anyone interested in the history of the interpretation, use, and influence of the book Judges.
-R. Christopher Heard, Pepperdine University California
- Title: Judges
- Author: David M. Gunn
- Series: Wiley Blackwell Bible Commentaries
- Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
- Print Publication Date: 2005
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Pages: 329
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. O.T. Judges › Commentaries
- ISBNs: 0631222510, 0631222529, 9780631222514, 9780631222521
- Resource ID: LLS:JUDGESCENTURIES
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-12-14T23:53:30Z