Texts > Tanakh > Former Prophets/Deuteronomistic History > Judges

Judges 3

• A Fistful of Shekels: Scrutinizing Ehud's Entertaining Violence (Judges 3:12–30) - by Eric S. Christianson, Biblical Interpretation 11.1 (2003) 53–78; abstract with full text options

Judges 4–5

• Neith and the Two Biblical Deborahs: One and the Same - by Gary Greenberg, annual meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Atlanta, Georgia 1995

Judges 4

• By the Hand of a Woman: The Metaphor of the Woman-Warrior in Judges 4 - by Gale A. Yee, Semeia 61 (1993) 99–132
• "The Hand of a Woman": Deborah and Yael - by Elie Assis, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 5.19 (2005)
• The Choice to Serve God and Assist His People: Rahab and Yael - by Elie Assis, Biblica 85 (2004) 82–90 (also available as PDF)

Judges 5

• Song of Deborah as Polemic - by G. T. K. Wong, Biblica 88 (2007) 1–22

Judges 6–9

• Where Should One Look for Gideon’s Ophra? - by L. Niesiolowski-Spanò, Biblica 86.4 (2005) 478–493

Judges 6

• Who Is the Angel of the Lord? - by Walter C. Kaiser, Jr., in Hard Sayings of the Bible (IVP, 1996)

Judges 7

• Retour sur Judges 7,5–6 - by Innocent Himbaza, Revue Biblique 108 (2001) 26–36; abstract

Judges 10

• Translating the Hebrew Bible - by Theophile J. Meek, The Bible Translator 16 (1965) 141–148; reprinted from JBL (full citation not given in BT)

Judges 11–12

• Bargaining in Tov (Judges 11,4–11): The Many Directions of So-called Direct Speech - by Kenneth M. Craig, Biblica 79 (1998); full text
• Staging Jephthah's Daughter - by Alicia Ostriker, Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting 2000, Women in the Biblical World panel session
• The Story of Jephthah’s Daughter, Then and Now (PDF) - by Bernard P. Robinson, Biblica 85 (2004) 331–348

Judges 13–16

• Narrative Obscurity of Samson’s חידה in Judges 14.14 and 18 - by J. Schipper, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 27 (2003) 339–353; abstract with full text options
• Samson the 'Holy One': A Suggestion Regarding the Reviser's Use of ἅγιος in Judg 13,7; 16,17 LXX Vaticanus - by Stuart D. Chepey, Biblica 83.1 (2002) 97–99
• The Samson Story as Border Fiction - by Steve Weitzman, Biblical Interpretation 10.2 (2002) 158–174; abstract with full text options for subscribers
• What If Judges Had Been Written By a Philistine? - by Susan Ackerman, Biblical Interpretation 8.1 (2000) 33–41

Judges 16

• Samson and Delilah in a Philistine Text from Ashkelon - by William H. Shea, DavarLogos 2.1 (2003); abstract only

Judges 17–21

• Deuteronomistic Royal Ideology in Judges 17–21 - by Andrew D. H. Mayes, Biblical Interpretation 9.3 (2001) 241–258; abstract publicly viewable, full text viewable by subscribers or for purchase

Judges 18

• A Metaphorical Etiology in Judges 18:12 - by Uwe F. W. Bauer, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 3 (2001)
• Translating the Hebrew Bible - by Theophile J. Meek, The Bible Translator 16 (1965) 141–148; reprinted from JBL (full citation not given in BT)

Judges 19

• Multiplicity and Judges 19: Constructing a Queer Asian Pacific American Biblical Hermeneutic - by Patrick S. Cheng, Semeia 90–91 (2002) 119–133
• Rapes of Women/Wars of Men - by Alice A. Keefe, Semeia 61 (1993) 79–97

Art/Illustration

• Bible Images: Story of Samson - engravings illustrating the narratives
• The Blinding of Samson - by Rembrandt (1636)

Bibliography

• Judges Bibliography - compiled by Victor H. Matthews, Southwest Missouri State University

Characters and Characterization

• Caleb
  • Kaleb - by Siegfried Kreuzer, Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexicon (Verlag Traugott Bautz, 1992) 961–962
• Deborah
  • Neith and the Two Biblical Deborahs: One and the Same - by Gary Greenberg, annual meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Atlanta, Georgia 1995

General Articles and Essays

• The Disappearing Deity and the Wages of Sin: The Theology of Divine Retribution in the Book of Judges - by Roy L. Heller
• Tracking the World of Judges: The Use of Contextual Resources in Narration and Conversation - by Nicolai Winther-Nielsen, SEE-J Hiphil 2 (2005)

Book Reviews

• Ackerman, Susan, Warrior, Dancer, Seductress, Queen: Women in Judges and Biblical Israel (Doubleday, 2002) - reviewed by Amelia Devin Freedman, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
• Álvarez Barredo, Miguel, La Iniciativa de Dios: Estudio Literario y Teologico de Jueces 1–8 (Editorial Espigas, 2000) - reviewed by Gerald A. Klingbeil, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
• Amit, Yairah, Judges: Introduction and Commentary (Magness Press, 1999) - reviewed by Marc Z. Brettler, Review of Biblical Literature (2000)
• Assis, Elie, Self-Interest or Communal Interest: An Ideology of Leadership in the Gideon, Abimelech and Jephthah Narratives (Brill, 2005) - reviewed by Yairah Amit, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
• Bauer, Uwe F. W. "Warum nur übertretet ihr sein Geheiss!" Eine synchrone Exegese der Anti-Erzählung von Richter 17–18 (Peter Lang, 1998) - reviewed by Daniel I. Block, Review of Biblical Literature (2000)
• Gass, Erasmus, Die Ortsnamen des Richterbuchs in historicher und redaktioneller Perspektive (Harrassowitz, 2005)
  • Reviewed by Ernst A. Knauf, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005
  • Reviewed by Uwe Becker, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005
• Gunn, David M., Judges (Blackwell Bible Commentaries; Blackwell, 2005) - reviewed by Jacob Wright, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
• Hertzberg, Hans Wilhelm, Giosuè, Giudici, Rut: Traduzione e Commento (Antico Testamento 9; Brescia: Paideia Editrice, 2001) - reviewed by Corrine Lanoir, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
• Latvus, Kari. God, Anger and Ideology: The Anger of God in Joshua and Judges in Relation to Deuteronomy and the Priestly Writings (Sheffield, 1998) - reviewed by Robert D. Miller II, Review of Biblical Literature (2000)
• Linden, Nicoter, The Story Goes...The Stories of Judges and Kings (SCM, 2000) - reviewed by Peter D. Miscall, Review of Biblical Literature (2001)
• McCann, Clinton J., Judges (Interpretation; Westminster John Knox, 2002)
  • Reviewed by John F. Craghan, Biblical Theology Bulletin (Winter 2003)
  • Reviewed by Ralph W. Klein, Currents in Theology and Mission (October 2005)
• Rake, Mareike, "Juda wird aufsteigen!": Untersuchungen zum ersten Kapitel des Richterbuches (de Gruyter, 2006) - reviewed by Christoph Levin, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
• Sasaki, Tetsuo, The Concept of War in the Book of Judges: A Strategical Evaluation of the Wars of Gideon, Deborah, Samson, and Abimelech (Tetsuo Sasaki, 2001) - reviewed by Corrine Lanoir, Review of Biblical Literature (2003)
• Schneider, Tammi J., Judges (Berit Olam; Liturgical, 2002)
  • reviewed by Corinne Lanoir, Review of Biblical Literature (2002)
  • reviewed by Yair Hoffman, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
• Sjöberg, Mikael, Wrestling with Textual Violence: The Jephthah Narrative in Antiquity and Modernity (Sheffield Phoenix, 2006) - reviewed by Rüdiger Bartelmus, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
• Wong, Gregory, Compositional Strategy of the Book of Judges: An Inductive, Rhetorical Study (Brill, 2006) - reviewed by Klaas Spronk, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)