Judges
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The Book of Judges (Hebrew: Sefer Shoftim ספר שופטים) is a
book of the Bible originally written in Hebrew. It appears in
the Tanakh and in the Christian Old Testament. Its title
refers to its contents; it contains the history of Biblical
judges (not to be confused with modern judges), who helped
rule and guide the ancient Israelites, and of th...
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3. Contents:
The Book of Jdg consists of 3 main parts or divisions, which
are readily distinguished.
(1) Introductory, Judges 1 through 2:5.
A brief summary and recapitulation of the events of the
conquest of Western Israel, for the most part parallel to
the narrative of Joshua, but with a few additional details
and some divergences from the ea...
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of which the book or Ruth formed originally a part, contains
a history from Joshua to Samson. The book may be divided
into two parts:--
1. Chs. 1-16. We may observe in general on this
portion of the book that it is almost entirely a history of
the wars of deliverance.
2. Chs. 17-21. This part has no formal connection
with the preceding, and ...
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is so called because it contains the history of the
deliverance
and government of Israel by the men who bore the
title of the
"judges." The book of Ruth originally formed part of
this book,
but about A.D. 450 it was separated from it and
placed in the
Hebrew scriptures immediately after the Song of
Solomon.
The book contains, (1.) An intr...
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