Joshua, Judges, and Ruth

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Westminster John Knox Press, 2002 M01 1 - 312 pages

Who is God? How does God act in our lives? How are we to act as God's faithful people? Joshua, Judges, and Ruth represent a chorus of voices reflecting on Israel's earliest days in its land. In Joshua, God empowers an obedient Israel to conquer the promised land. In Judges, Israel's faithlessness and God's wrath lead to a downward spiral of sin, subjugation, and social disintegration. Ruth narrates a story of divine blessing worked out through human loyalty.

Books in the Westminster Bible Companion series assist laity in their study of the Bible as a guide to Christian faith and practice. Each volume explains the biblical book in its original historical context and explores its significance for faithful living today. These books are ideal for individual study and for Bible study classes and groups.

 

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Contents

JOSHUA
5
Joshua
9
The Outsiders Faith
20
Crossing the Jordan
28
Rites of Passage
36
Holy War?
74
For the Sake of Justice
100
Tension and Unity
106
2235
181
The Minor Judges
192
111
199
Samson
208
Thieves Thugs and Idol Worshipers
226
The Body Severed
238
RUTH
258
Loss and Loyalty
265

Joshuas Farewell
112
Introduction
127
Othniel Ehud and Eglon
140
Deborah and Barak
152
Gideon
167
33715
174
A Provisional Resolution
275
Scandalous Valor
284
Negotiations and Blessings
294
Works Cited
309
Copyright

Common terms and phrases

Abimelech Achan altar Ammonites Amorites ancient Israel audience Barak battle Benjaminites Bethlehem Bible biblical blessing Boaz Boaz's book of Joshua book of Judges book of Ruth Canaan Canaanite chapter command conquest covenant crossing Danites daughter death Deborah defeat deliverance Deut Deuteronomistic Historians divine eastern tribes Egypt Ehud enemies ephod Ephraim Exod faith father Gibeah Gibeonites Gideon Gilead Gilgal give God's gods hand Hebrew word hill country inhabitants interpreters Israel Israelites Jael Jephthah Jericho Jerubbaal Jordan Josh Judah king kinsman land leaders leadership Levite lived LORD Manasseh Manoah Micah Midianites Moab Moabite Moses Naomi narrative Nonetheless obedience offer Orpah Othniel passage Philistines phrase priests promise prostitute Rahab Ruth Ruth's Samson scene scholars servant serve Shechem Sisera speech spies stones story storyteller tale territory themes theological towns traditions troops verses victory warriors wife woman women word translated worship Yahweh

References to this book

Le livre de Ruth
André Lacocque
Limited preview - 2004

About the author (2002)

Carolyn Pressler is Harry C. Piper Professor of Biblical Interpretation at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities in New Brighton, Minnesota. She is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ.

Bibliographic information

TitleJoshua, Judges, and Ruth
Westminster Bible companion
AuthorCarolyn Pressler
Editionillustrated
PublisherWestminster John Knox Press, 2002
ISBN0664255264, 9780664255268
Length312 pages
  
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