JUDGES VOL 8 HB (Word Biblical Commentary) - Hardcover

Trent Butler

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 084990207X ISBN 13: 9780849902079

Publisher: THOMAS NELSON, 2010

Synopsis

This commentary will feature the most extensive text critical notes available in any modern commentary on Judges. It will present a theological reading of the present text of the book and seek to show that current literary and source theories attributing various parts and even minute pieces of the book to a long series of editors over almost a millennium of time are not needed to explain the origin and purposes of the book. This volume of the WBC will argue for a much earlier date of the book in the reigns of Rehoboam and Jeroboam and will show how Judges is designed as a reversal of the structure and achievements of the "Book of Joshua", preparing the way for the Davidic line of kings. The commentary will underline Judges' ironic presentation of its major characters as heroes and failures. The commentary will wrestle with the nature and expectations of leadership in Judges.

About this title

About the Author:

Trent C. Butler is Vice President of Editorial Services, Christian Board of Publication. He is a former associate professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at the Baptist Theological Seminary of Ruschlikon, Switzerland. Butler earned his Ph.D. in biblical studies and linguistics from Vanderbilt University, with postgraduate study at the Universities of Heidelberg and Zurich. His scholarly articles have appeared in Vetus Testementum and the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. He is the author of Joshua, volume 7 in the Word Biblical Commentary Series.

About this edition

• Publisher: THOMAS NELSON
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 084990207X
• ISBN 13: 9780849902079
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256