Ancient Near East in the Second Millennium B.C.; Palace at Mari
The Spread of the Early Church; Paul's Missions
Jesus in Galilee
Vespasian's campaign in Galilee, 67 CE
The war of Ehud
The war of Gideon
The Samson cycle of heroic legends (Judg 13–16) concludes the circle of narratives about charismatic leaders in the pre-monarchic period.
By the twelfth century BCE the principal rival peoples in Palestine were becoming well established in their respective areas. The Canaanites continued to dwell in the northern valleys and plains, the Philistines (with other “sea peoples”?) in the southern coastal plain, and the tribes of Israel in the hill country.
The Book of Judges was intended to give due credit to the various tribal heroes of the pre-monarchial age. On the other hand, the book stressed the shortcomings of even the most renowned of the judges, or deliverers.
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