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Judges |
The Book of Judges is a book of the Bible originally written in
Hebrew. It appears in the Tanakh and in the Christian Old Testament. Its title
refers to its contents; it contains the history of Biblical judges (not to be
confused with modern judges), who helped rule and guide the ancient Israelites,
and of their times.
As Judges stands today, the last judge it mentions is Samson, and although there
are two further stories, the traditional view is that Samson's exploits probably
synchronise with the period immediately preceding Eli, who was both high priest
and judge. Both academic views and traditional thought hence view the narrative
of the judges as ending at Samson, picking up again at 1 Samuel 1:1 to consider
Eli, and continuing through to 1 Samuel 7:2. As for the stories at the end of
the Book, which are set in the same time period as the judges but discuss people
other than the judges, there is much affinity between these and the Book of
Ruth, and many people believe Ruth originally belonged amongst them. There were
thirteen Biblical Judges.
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