JUDGES
The Rise and Fall of God's People
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1.Written by whom?
•Traditionally, it’s thought that Samuel wrote the book. However, the authorship is actually uncertain. It is possible that Samuel assembled some of the accounts, and that some prophets associated with David’s court actually shaped and edited the material.
2.Written when and where?
•While it is hard to tell exactly when, it was clearly after the monarchy had been established. We can tell because of some of the phrases used, such as “In those days, Israel had no king”. There is also an observation that the Jebusites still controlled Jerusalem, so it would have been before David captured the city. This puts the timing around 1000 BC.
3.Written to whom?
•Judges appears to have been written as a history and a warning to the people of Israel in general.
4.What form?
•There are three main sections: The prologue, the main body and an epilogue. Within these sections, the prologue addresses the occupation of the promised land and a summary of the Lord’s dealings with his people. The main body is actually several cycles, each showing the sin of the people, the consequences of this sin, the distress and repentance of the people and God’s deliverance. The epilogue tells the story of two tribes and how they abandoned the nation of Israel, with the consequences this kind of abandonment incurred.
5.What’s it about?
•The book of Judges is an overview of the life of Israel in the promised land from the death of Joshua to the rise of the monarchy. On one hand, it is the story of how often they fell away from God, bringing about God’s punishment. On the other hand, it shows how God responded to their repentance (when they finally realized what they had done) by raising up leaders—the judges—to bring them back to faithfulness.
6.Written for what purpose?
•To show the importance—the absolute necessity—of acknowledging God’s lordship over Israel, and their obligation to obey him and follow his leading.
PDF File:
http://sites.google.com/site/johnandjudygrasham/Home/JudgesApril2007.pdf?attredirects=0
1.Written by whom?
•Traditionally, it’s thought that Samuel wrote the book. However, the authorship is actually uncertain. It is possible that Samuel assembled some of the accounts, and that some prophets associated with David’s court actually shaped and edited the material.
2.Written when and where?
•While it is hard to tell exactly when, it was clearly after the monarchy had been established. We can tell because of some of the phrases used, such as “In those days, Israel had no king”. There is also an observation that the Jebusites still controlled Jerusalem, so it would have been before David captured the city. This puts the timing around 1000 BC.
3.Written to whom?
•Judges appears to have been written as a history and a warning to the people of Israel in general.
4.What form?
•There are three main sections: The prologue, the main body and an epilogue. Within these sections, the prologue addresses the occupation of the promised land and a summary of the Lord’s dealings with his people. The main body is actually several cycles, each showing the sin of the people, the consequences of this sin, the distress and repentance of the people and God’s deliverance. The epilogue tells the story of two tribes and how they abandoned the nation of Israel, with the consequences this kind of abandonment incurred.
5.What’s it about?
•The book of Judges is an overview of the life of Israel in the promised land from the death of Joshua to the rise of the monarchy. On one hand, it is the story of how often they fell away from God, bringing about God’s punishment. On the other hand, it shows how God responded to their repentance (when they finally realized what they had done) by raising up leaders—the judges—to bring them back to faithfulness.
6.Written for what purpose?
•To show the importance—the absolute necessity—of acknowledging God’s lordship over Israel, and their obligation to obey him and follow his leading.
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