Judges 1: A Commentary on Judges 1:1 - 10:5

by Elizabeth M Bloch-Smith, Mark S Smith, Mark S. Smith

This groundbreaking volume presents a new translation of the text and detailed interpretation of almost every word or phrase in the book of Judges, drawing from archaeology and iconography, textual versions, biblical parallels, and extrabiblical texts, many never noted before. Archaeology also serves to show how a story of the Iron II period employed visible ruins to narrate supposedly early events from the so-called "period of the Judges." The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800660625
• ISBN13: 9780800660628
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 875 Pages
• Weight: 4.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 8.5" x 9.4"