Judges
Judges is a book for our time. It forces readers to come face to face with the way that faith speaks into the situations we encounter and read about in our newsfeeds. Warfare, authoritarianism, sexual exploitation, tribalism—these are a few of the repercussions from not having our social order oriented toward God. 

In this commentary David Beldman expounds the story of God and Israel that unfolds in the book of Judges, highlighting the vital message it speaks to contemporary Christians who strive to live lives of integrity and undivided loyalty to Jesus under the constant pressure of the idols of twenty-first-century culture.

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Judges
Judges is a book for our time. It forces readers to come face to face with the way that faith speaks into the situations we encounter and read about in our newsfeeds. Warfare, authoritarianism, sexual exploitation, tribalism—these are a few of the repercussions from not having our social order oriented toward God. 

In this commentary David Beldman expounds the story of God and Israel that unfolds in the book of Judges, highlighting the vital message it speaks to contemporary Christians who strive to live lives of integrity and undivided loyalty to Jesus under the constant pressure of the idols of twenty-first-century culture.

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Judges

Judges

by David J. H. Beldman
Judges

Judges

by David J. H. Beldman

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Judges is a book for our time. It forces readers to come face to face with the way that faith speaks into the situations we encounter and read about in our newsfeeds. Warfare, authoritarianism, sexual exploitation, tribalism—these are a few of the repercussions from not having our social order oriented toward God. 

In this commentary David Beldman expounds the story of God and Israel that unfolds in the book of Judges, highlighting the vital message it speaks to contemporary Christians who strive to live lives of integrity and undivided loyalty to Jesus under the constant pressure of the idols of twenty-first-century culture.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780802827012
Publisher: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date: 01/09/2020
Series: The Two Horizons Old Testament Commentary (THOTC)
Pages: 316
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

David J. H. Beldman is an instructor at Redeemer University College and is currently completing his doctoral degree in Old Testament at the University of Bristol.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

I. Theological Introduction
1. Introduction to Judges
2. The Title
3. Hearing the Book of Judges
4. Hearing Judges as Hebrew Narrative
5. Hearing Judges in Its Historical Context
6. Hearing Others Hearing Judges
7. Conclusion
II. Theological Commentary
8. The Exposition
9. The Cycle of Judges
10. The End Section
11. Retrospective Evaluation: A View of Judges from the End
III. Theological Reflection
12. Judges and Biblical Theology
13. Judges and Systematic Theology
14. Judges for Today

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