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On-line Resource Conquest or Settlement? History, Literary, and Theology Issues in Joshua and Judges (Dennis Bratcher)
Article The Literary Guide to the BibleD.M. Gunn, "Joshua and Judges," Robert Alter & Frank Kermode, eds., The Literary Guide to the Bible. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1987. Pbk. ISBN: 0674875311. {CBD} {Amazon.com}

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Commentaries

Book or monograph Auld: Joshua, Judges, and RuthA.Graeme Auld, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth. Daily Study Bible. Westminster, 1985. Pbk. ISBN: 0664245765. pp.282. {CBD} {Amazon.com}
Book or monograph Boling: JudgesRobert G. Boling, Judges. Anchor Bible. Doubleday, 1975. Hbk. ISBN: 038501029X. pp.338. {CBD} {Amazon.com}
Book or monograph Block: Judges-RuthDaniel I. Block, Judges-Ruth. New American Commentary. Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1999. Hbk. ISBN: 0805401067. pp.416. {CBD} {Amazon.com}
Book or monograph Judges and RuthArthur E. Cundall & Leon Morris, Judges and Ruth. Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries. Leicester: IVP, 1968. Pbk. ISBN: 0851118240. pp.318. {CBD} {Amazon.com}
Book or monograph C.J. Goslinga, Joshua, Judges, Ruth. Bible Students Commentary. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1986. Hbk. ISBN: 0310452805. {Amazon.com}
Book or monograph Joshua, Judges, RuthJ. Gordon Harris, Cheryl Anne Brown & Michael S. Moore, Joshua, Judges, Ruth. New International Biblical Commentary. Old Testament Series, 5. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, 2000. Pbk. ISBN: 1565632141. pp.300. {CBD} {Amazon.com}
Book or monograph Soggin: JudgesJ.A. Soggin, Judges. Old Testament Library. Westminster, 1981. Hbk. ISBN: 0664223214. pp.305. {Amazon.com}
Book or monograph Wilcock: The Message of JudgesMichael Wilcock, The Message of Judges. The Bible Speaks Today. Leicester: IVP, 1992. Pbk. ISBN: 0851109721. pp.175. {CBD} {Amazon.com}
Book or monograph Younger: Judges / RuthK. Lawson Younger, Judges / Ruth. The NIV Application Commentary. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002. Hbk. ISBN: 0310206367. pp.551. {CBD} {Amazon.com}

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Other Studies

Article J.S. Ackerman, "Prophecy and Warfare in Early Israel: A Study of the Deborah-Barak Story," Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 220 (1976): 5-13.
Article G.W. Ahlström, "Judges 5:20 f. and History," Journal of Near Eastern Studies 36 (1977): 287-88.
Book or monograph Ahlström: The History of Ancient PalestineGeosta W. Ahlström, The History of Ancient Palestine. Minneapolis: Fortress Press / Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993. Pbk. ISBN: 0800627709. pp.990. {CBD} {Amazon.com}
Article Y. Amit, "Judges 4: Its Contents and Form," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 39 (1987): 89-111.
Article A.G. Auld, "Judges I and History: A Reconsideration," Vetus Testamentum, 25 (1975): 257-260.
Book or monograph Elie Assis, Self-Interest or Communal Interest: An Ideology of Leadsership in the Gideon, Abimelech and Jephthah Narratives. Vetus Testamentum Supplements Series 106. Leiden: Brill, 2005. Hbk. ISBN: 9004143548. pp.276. {Amazon.com}
Book or monograph Mieke Bal, Death and Dissymmetry: The Politics of Coherence in the Book of Judges. Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988. Hbk. ISBN: 0226035549. pp.324. {Amazon.com}
Book or monograph Bal: Murder and DifferenceMieke Bal, Murder and Difference, trans. M. Gumpert. Indiana University Press, 1988. Hbk. ISBN: 025320741X. pp.160. {Amazon.com}
Book or monograph John J. Bimson, Redating the Exodus and Conquest. Sheffield: Almond Press, 1981. Pbk. ISBN 0907459048. pp.288. Sheffield Academic Press {Amazon.com}Bimson's work points out serious weaknesses in many of the other works supporting a 15th Century date.
Article J. Blenkinsopp, "Some notes on the Saga of Samson and the Heroic Milieu," Scripture, 11 (1959): 81–89.
Article J. Blenkinsopp, "Ballad Style and Psalm Style in the Song of Deborah: A Discussion," Biblica 42 (1961): 61-76.
Article J. Blenkinsopp, "Structure and Style in Judges 13–16," Journal of Biblical Literature, 82 (1963): 65–76.
Article Daniel I. Block, "Echo Narrative Technique in Hebrew Literature; A Study in Judges 19," Westminster Theological Journal 52.2 (1990), 325-341.
Article Daniel I. Block, "Will The Real Gideon Please Stand Up? Narrative Style And Intention In Judges 6-9," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 40.3 (1997): 353-366.View in PDF format
On-line Resource Daniel I. Block, "Unspeakable Crimes: The Abuse of Women in the Book of Judges," The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 2.3 (Fall 1998): 46-55.View in PDF format
Book or monograph Wolfgang Bluedorn, Yahweh Versus Baalism: A Theological Reading of the Gideon-Abimelech Narrative. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series. Sheffield: Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheffield Academic Press, 2001. Pbk. ISBN: 1841272000. pp.342. {CBD} {Amazon.com}
Book or monograph Walter R. Bodine, The Greek Text of Judges: Recessional Developments, Harvard Semitic Monograph Series 23. Chico: Scholars, 1980. Hbk. ISBN: 0891304002. pp.204. {Amazon.com}
Book or monograph Robert G. Boling, The Early Biblical Community in Transjordan. Decatur, GA. 1988. Pbk. ISBN: 1850750939. pp.80. {CBD} {Amazon.com}
On-line Resource Conquest or Settlement? History and Theology in Joshua and Judges (Dennis Bratcher)
Article M.Z. Brettler, "The Book of Judges: Literature as Politics," Journal of Biblical Literature, 108 (1989): 395-418.
Book or monograph Martin Buber, Kingship of God, trans. R. Scheimann, 3rd edn. London: Harper & Row, 1967.
Article Edward F. Campbell, "Judges 9 and Biblical Archaeology," Carol L. Meyers & M. O'Connor, eds, Word of the Lord Shall Go Forth: Essays in Honor of David Noel Freedman in Celebration of His Sixtieth Birthday. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1983. Hbk. ISBN: 0931464196. pp.263-.271. {CBD} {Amazon.com}
Article S. Carmy, "The Sphinx as Leader: A Reading of Judges 13–16," Tradition 14/3 (1974): 66–79.
Article M.L. Chaney, "Ancient Palestinian Peasant Movements and the Formation of Premonarchic Israel," D. N. Freedman & D. F. Graff, eds. Palestine in Transition, Sheffield, 1983: 39-90.
Article M.D. Coogan, "A Structural and Literary Analysis of the Song of Deborah," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 40 (1978): 143-166.
Article M. Coogan, "Of Cults and Cultures: Reflections on the Interpretation of Archaeological Evidence," Palestine Exploration Quarterly, 119 (1987): 1-9.
Article Peter C. Craigie, "A Note on Judges V 2," Vetus Testamentum 18 (1968): 397-99.
Article Peter C. Craigie, "The Conquest and Early Hebrew Poetry," Tyndale Bulletin 20 (1969): 76-94.
Article Peter C. Craigie, "Some Further of Notes on the Song of Deborah," Vetus Testamentum 22 (1972): 349-53.
Article Peter C. Craigie, "A Reconsideration of Shamgar ben Anath (Judg 3:31 and 5:6)," Journal of Biblical Literature 91 (1972): 239-40.
Article Peter C. Craigie, "Parallel Word Pairs in the Song of Deborah (Judges 5)," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 20.1 (1977): 15-22.
Article Peter C. Craigie, "Three Ugaritic Notes on the Song of Deborah," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 2 (1977): 33-49.
Article Peter C. Craigie, "Deborah and Anat: A Study of Poetic Imagery (Judge 5)," Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 90 (1978): 374-381.
Book or monograph Peter C. Craigie, The Problem of War in the Old Testament. Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2002. Pbk. ISBN: 1579108830. pp126. {Amazon.com}
Article J.L. Crenshaw, "The Samson Saga: Filial Devotion or Erotic Attachment?" Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, 86 (1974): 470-504.
On-line Resource A.E. Cundall, "Antecedents of the Monarchy in Ancient Israel," Vox Evangelica 3 (1964): 42-51.View in PDF format
Article Arthur E. Cundall, "Judges - an Apology for the Monarchy," Expository Times, 81 (1970): 178-181.
Book or monograph Davis: Conquest and CrisisJohn J. Davis, Conquest and Crisis: Studies in Joshua, Judges, and Ruth. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2001. Pbk. ISBN: 1579108288. pp.188. {Amazon.com}
Article Day, ed.: Gender and Difference in Ancient IsraelPeggy Lynne Day, "From the Child Is Born the Woman: The Story of Jephthah's Daughter," Peggy Lynne Day, ed. Gender and Difference in Ancient Israel. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1989. Pbk. ISBN: 0800623932. pp.58-74. {Amazon.com}
Article W.J. Dumbrell, "'In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.' The Purpose of the Book of Judges Reconsidered," JSLT, 25 (1983), 23-33.
On-line Resource The Book of Judges: The Israelite Tribal Federation and Its Discontents (Daniel J. Elazar)
Article J.A. Emerton, "Gideon and Jerubbaal," Journal of Theological Studies, 27 (1976): 289-312.
Article J.A. Emerton, "The 'Second Bull' in Judges 6:25-28," Israel Exploration Journal, 14.
Article Martin Emmrich, "The Symbolism Of The Lion And The Bees: Another Ironic Twist In The Samson Cycle," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 44.1 (2001): 67-74.
Article J.C. Exum, "Aspects of Symmetry and Balance in the Samson Saga," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 19 (1981): 3-29.
Article J.C. Exum, "The theological demension of the Samson saga," Vetus Testamentum, 33 (1983): 30-45.
Article C. Exum, "The Centre Cannot Hold: Thematic and Textual Instabilities in Judges," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 52 (1990): 410-429.
Article C. A. Faraone, B. Garnand & C. López-Ruiz. "Micah's Mother (Judg. 17:1 4) and a Curse from Carthage (KAI 89): Canaanite Precedents for Greek and Latin Curses against Thieves?" Journal of Near Eastern Studies 64.3 (July 2005).
Article F.C. Fensham, "The Shaving of Samson: A Note on Judges 16:19," Evangelical Quarterly 31 (1959): 97-98.
Article David Noel Freedman, "Early Israelite Poetry and Historical Reconstructions," F.M. Cross, ed. Symposia. Cambridge, MA., 1979: 88–96. Reprinted in Pottery, Poetry, and Prophecy. Winona Lake, IN 1980: 167–78.
On-line Resource Gershon Galil, "The Chronological Framework of the Deuteronomistic History," Biblica 85 (2004) 413-421.
Article Pnina Galpaz-Feller, "'Let my Soul Die with the Philistines' (Judges 16.30)," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 30.3 (2006): 315-325.
Article A. Globe, "The Literary Structure and Unity of the Song of Deborah," Journal of Biblical Literature 93 (1974): 493-512.
Article A. Globe, "Judges V 27," Vetus Testamentum 25 (1975): 362-67.
Article F.E. Greenspan, "The Theology of the Framework of Judges," Vetus Testamentum 36 (1986): 385-396.
Article E. L.Greenstein, "The Riddle of Samson," Prooftexts 1 (1981): 237–60.
Article K.R.R. Gros Lewis, "The Books of Judges," K. Gros Lewis, J. Ackerman & T. Warshaw, eds. Literary Interpretation of the Biblical Narratives. Abingdon, 1974. pp.141-162.
Book or monograph Halpern: The First HistoriansBaruch Halpern, The First Historians: The Hebrew Bible and History . Harper & Row, 1988. Pbk. ISBN: 0271016159. pp.285. {CBD} {Amazon.com}
Article A.J. Hauser, "The Minor Judges: A Re-evaluation," Journal of Biblical Literature 94 (1975): 190-200.
Article Alan J. Hauser, "Unity and Diversity in Early Israel Before Samuel," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 22.4 (1979): 289-303.
Book or monograph Yehezkel Kaufman, The Biblical Account of the Conquest of Canaan, 2nd edn. Jerusalem: The Magnes Press, 1985. Hbk. ISBN: 9652235563. pp.147. {Amazon.com}
Book or monograph Lillian R. Klein, The Triumph of Irony in the Book of Judges. Sheffield: Almond, 1988. Pbk. ISBN: 1850750998. pp.260.{Amazon.com}
Article A. van der Kooij, "'And I Also Said': A New Interpretation of Judges II 3," Vetus Testamentum 45.3 (1995): 294-306.
Book or monograph F. Krouse, Milton's Samson and the Christian Tradition. Princeton, 1949.
Article S. Lasine, "Guest and Host in Judges 19: Lot's Hospitality in an Inverted World," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 29 (1984): 37-59.
Article J.P.U. Lilley, "A Literary Appreciation of the Book of Judges," Tyndale Bulletin 18 (1967): 94-102.
Article Barnabas Lindars, "Deborah's Song: Women in the Old Testament," Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, 65 (1983): 158–75.
Article J.P.U. Lilley, "The Altar in Joshua and Judges," Tyndale Bulletin 5/6 (1960): 32-33.
Article J.P.U. Lilley, "A Literary Appreciation of the Book of Judges," Tyndale Bulletin 18 (1967): 94-102.
Book or monograph John L. McKenzie, The World of the Judges. London: Geoffrey Chapman, 1966.
Article A. Malamat, "The War of Gideon and Midian: A Military Approach," Palestine Exploration Quarterly, 85. (1953): 61-65.
Article A. Malamat, "Charismatic Leadership in the Book of Judges," F.M. Cross, W.E. Lemke & P.D. Miller, Jr., eds. Magnalia Dei: The Mighty Acts of God: Essays on the Bible and Archaeology in Momory of G. Ernest Wright. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1976.
Article O. Maragalith, "Samson's Riddle and Samson's Magic Locks," Vetus Testamentum, 36 (1986) :225–34.
Book or monograph David Marcus, Jephthah and His Vow. Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech Press, 1986. Pbk. ISBN: 0896721353. pp.77. {Amazon.com}
Article O. Margalith, "More Samson Legends," Vetus Testamentum, 36 (1986): 397-405.
Book or monograph Mayes: JudgesA.D.H. Mayes, Judges. Old Testament Guides. Sheffield: JSOT, 1985. Pbk. ISBN: 0905774582. pp.98. {CBD} {Amazon.com}
Book or monograph A.D.H. Mayes, Israel in the Period of the Judges. Studies in Biblical Theology 29. Allenson, 1974.
Article A. Mazar, "Bronze Bull Found in Israelite 'High Place' from the Time of Judges," Biblical Archaeology Review, 9 (1983): 34-40.
Book or monograph G.E. Mendenhall, The Tenth Generation. Baltimore, 1973.
Article Paul Miller, "Moral Formation and the Book of Judges," Evangelical Quarterly 75.2 (2003): 99-115.
Article E.T. Mullen, Jr., "The 'Minor Judges': Some Literary and Historical Considerations," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 44 (1982): 185-201.
Article D.F. Murray, "Narrative Structure amd Technique in the Deborah and Barak Story," Vetus Testamentum Supplement 30 (1979): 155-89.
On-line Resource Nadav Na'Aman, "The Danite Campaign Northward (Judges xvii-xviii) and the Migration of the Phocaeans to Massalia (strabo iv 1,4)," Vetus Testamentum 55.1 (2005): 47-60.
Article P. Nel, "The Riddle of Samson. Biblica 66 (1985): 534–45.
On-line Resource Those other Judges - Shamgar. (J.B. Nicholson, Jnr.)
Article S. Niditch, "The 'Sodomite' Theme in Judges 19-20: Family, Community, and Social Disintegration," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 44 (1982): 365-78.
Article S. Niditch, "Samson As Culture Hero, Trickster, and Bandit: The Empower ment of the Weak," Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 52 (1990): 608-624.
Article Martin Noth, "The background of Judges 17-18. Israel's prophetic heritage," Essays in Honor of J.Muilenburg. 1962, 68-85.
Book or monograph Martin Noth, The Deuteronomic History. Journal of the Society for Old Testament Studies, 15. Sheffield: JSOT, 1981.
On-line Resource John. N. Oswalt, "The Golden Calves and the Egyptian Concept of Deity," Evangelical Quarterly 45.1 (Jan.-Mar. 1973): 13-20.View in PDF format
Article A. Penna, "The Vow of Jephthah in the Interpretation of St. Jerome," Studia Patristica 4 (1961): 162-70.
Book or monograph Robert Polzin, Moses and the Deuteronomist. Seabury, 1980.
Article A.F. Rainey, "The Military Campground at Taanach by the Waters of Megiddo,". Israel Exploration Journal, 15 (1981): 61*–66*.
Article A.F. Rainey, "Toponymic Problems (cont.)," Tel Aviv, 10 (1983): 46–48.
Article E.J. Revell, "The Battle with Benjamin (Judges 20:29-48) and Hebrew narrative techniques," Vetus Testamentum, 35 (1985): 417-433.
On-line Resource Bernard P. Robinson, "The Story of Jephthah and his Daughter: Then and Now," Biblica 85 (2004) 331-348.
Article Philip E. Satterthwaite, "'No king in Israel': Narrative criticism and Judges 17-21," Tyndale Bulletin 44.1 (1993): 75-88.
Article S. Segert, "Paronomasia in the Samson narrative in Judges 13-16," Vetus Testamentum, 34 1986): 454-461.
Article A. van. Selms, "The Best Man and Bride—from Sumer to St. John with a New Interpretation of Judges, Chapters 14 and 15," Journal of Near Eastern Studues, 9 (1950): 65–75.
On-line Resource S.D. Snyman, "Shamgar Ben Anath: A Farming Warrior or a Farmer at War?" Vetus Testamentum 55.1 (2005): 125-129.
Article L.E. Stager, "The Archaeology of the Family in Ancient Israel," Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, 200 (1985): 1-35.
Article L.E. Stager, "The Song of Deborah - Why Some Tribes Answered the Call and Others Did Not," Biblical Archaeology Review 15.1 (January / February 1989): 50-64.
Article Andrew E. Steinmann, "The Mysterious Numbers of the Book of Judges," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 48.3 (Sept. 2005): 491-500. [Steinmann presents a plausible solution to the vexed problem of the chronology of the book of Judges.]
On-line Resource John H. Stek, "The Bee and the Mountain Goat: A Literary Reading of Judges 4," Walter C. Kaiser & Ronald F. Youngblood, eds., A Tribute to Gleason Archer. Chicago: Moody Press, 1986. Hbk. ISBN: 0802487807. pp.53-86. View in PDF format
Article Marvin A. Sweeney, "Davidic Polemics in the Book of Judges," Vetus Testamentum 47.4 (1997): 517-529.
Article J. Paul Tanner, "The Gideon Narrative as the Focal Point of Judges," Bibliotheca Sacra 149: 594 (1992): 146-161.
Article J.G. Taylor, "The Song of Deborah and Two Canaanite Goddesses," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 23. (1982): 99–108.
Article David L. Washburn, "The Chronology of Judges: Another Look," Bibliotheca Sacra 147: 588 (1990): 414-424.
Book or monograph Barry G. Webb, Book of the Judges. Sheffield: Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheffield Academic Press, 1986. Pbk. ISBN: 1850750351. pp.260. {Amazon.com}
On-line Resource Samson and the Philistines Did it Really Happen? (Bryant Wood)
Article J. A. Wharton, "The Secret of Yahweh: Story and Affirmation in Judges 13–16," Interpretation, 27 (1973) :48–66.
Book or monograph Barry G. Webb, The Book of Judges: an Integrated Reading. Journal of the Society for Old Testament Studies, 46. Sheffield: JSOT, 1987. Hbk. ISBN: 1850750343. pp.280. {Amazon.com}
Article Timothy M. Willis, "The Nature of Jephthah's Authority," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 59.1 (1997): 33-44.
On-line Resource Abimelech at Shechem (Bryant G. Wood)
Article George E. Wright, "The Literary and Historical Problem of Joshua 10 and Judges 1," Journal of Near Eastern Studies (1946): 105-114.
Article A. Yadin, "Samson's Hîdâ," Vetus Testamentum 52.3 (2002): 407-426. [Abstract]

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