Judges & Ruth
Tyndale Old Testament Commentary
Published on 1. January 2015
307 pages
978-1-78359-227-2 (ISBN)
Description
The book of Judges presents Israel's human frailty, the nation's need for both spiritual and political deliverance, and God's use of flawed human leaders to guide and preserve his chosen people through a dark period of their history. The book of Ruth tells a smaller story within this larger narrative, showing God quietly at work in the lives of a few pious individuals, remaining true to his covenant and his people. Cundall and Morris place each book in its historical and canonical context, not only rendering each useful for scholarly study but also demonstrating their contemporary relevance.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Nottingham
United Kingdom
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Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-1-78359-227-2 (9781783592272)
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10/2008
Inter-Varsity Press
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Persons
Arthur E. Cundall is a lecturer in Old Testament at London Bible College.
Content
- Intro
- Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries
- Judges and Ruth
- Contents
- JUDGES
- RUTH
- General preface
- Judges
- Author's preface
- Chief Abbreviations
- Selected Bibliography
- 1. Commentaries
- 2. Introductions
- 3. Historical background
- 4. General
- Introduction
- 1. Title and place in the Canon
- 2. Composition, structure and date
- a. The settlement in Canaan (1:1-2:5)
- b. Israel's judges (2:6-16:31)
- c. Appendices (17:1-21:25)
- 3. The historical limits and chronology of the period
- 4. Archaeology and the period of the judges
- 5. The importance of the book of Judges
- a. Politics
- b. Religion
- c. Moral problems raised by the book of Judges
- d. The permanent religious value of Judges
- 6. The Hebrew text and the Septuagint
- a. The Hebrew text
- b. The Septuagint
- Analysis
- 1. THE INCOMPLETE CONQUEST OF CANAAN (1:1-2:5)
- 2. ISRAEL IN THE PERIOD OF THE JUDGES (2:6-16:31)
- 3. APPENDICES (17:1-21:25)
- Commentary
- 1. The incomplete conquest of Canaan (1:1-2:5)
- a. The conquest of southern Canaan (1:1-21)
- b. The capture of Bethel (1:22-26)
- c. A catalogue of unoccupied territory (1:27-36)
- d. The effect of the broken covenant (2:1-5)
- 2. Israel in the period of the Judges (2:6-16:31)
- a. Introduction to the period (2:6-3:6)
- b. Othniel and Cushan-rishathaim of Aram (3:7-11)
- c. Ehud and Eglon of Moab (3:12-30)
- d. Shamgar and the Philistines (3:31)
- e. Deborah and Barak against Jabin and Sisera of Canaan (4:1-24)
- f. The Song of Deborah (5:1-31)
- g. Gideon and the Midianites (6:1-8:28)
- h. Gideon's later years (8:29-35)
- i. The rise and fall of Abimelech (9:1-57)
- j. Tola (10:1, 2)
- k. Jair (10:3-5)
- l. Jephthah and the Ammonites (10:6-11:40)
- m. Jephthah and the jealous Ephraimites (12:1-7)
- n. Ibzan (12:8-10)
- o. Elon (12:11, 12)
- p. Abdon (12:13-15)
- q. Samson and the Philistines (13:1-16:31)
- 3. Appendices (17:1-21:25)
- a. Micah's household and the Danite migration (17:1-18:31)
- b. The outrage at Gibeah and the punishment of the Benjamites (19:1-21:25)
- Ruth
- AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- Chief Abbreviations
- INTRODUCTION
- 1. Date
- 2. Purpose
- a. Universalism
- b. Friendship
- c. The genealogy of David
- d. Levirate marriage
- e. The sovereignty of God
- 3. Poetical forms
- 4. Dialect
- Analysis
- 1. AN ISRAELITE FAMILY IN MOAB (1:1-5)
- 2. THE RETURN TO JUDAH 1:6-22
- 3. RUTH THE GLEANER 2:1-23
- 4. THE MARRIAGE 3:1-4:22
- Commentary
- 1. An Israelite family in Moab (1:1-5)
- 2. The Return to Judah (1:6-22)
- a. Ruth's steadfastness (1:6-18)
- b. The arrival in Bethlehem (1:19-22)
- Additional note on sadday
- 3. Ruth the Gleaner (2:1-23)
- a. The field of Boaz (2:1-3)
- b. Boaz' provision for Ruth (2:4-17)
- c. Naomi's reaction (2:18-23)
- Additional note on the meaning of g'l
- 4. The Marriage (3:1-4:22)
- a. Naomi's plan (3:1-5)
- b. Ruth at the threshing-floor (3:6-13)
- c. Ruth's return home (3:14-18)
- d. Boaz redeems Ruth the Moabitess (4:1-12)
- e. Marriage and the birth of a son (Ruth 4:13-17)
- f. A genealogy of David (Ruth 4:18-22)
