Judges

This commentary presents a new approach to the old problems of the

dating of the book of Judges and the reconstruction of the way different

sources were used. It wants to show that the book of Judges can be read

as the work of one literary talented author living in the early

Hellenistic period. With materials from different sources he wrote his

book as introduction to the history of the kings of Israel as can be

found in the books of Samuel and Kings with a clear view on leadership

and on the relation between the leader and YHWH. Next to the

reconstruction of the historical background of the book and its author,

much attention is paid to the history of interpretation, from the

earliest retellings to the newest interpretations.