Let’s get our bearings of where we’re at in our preamble to the Book of Judges. FIRST, recall what the true Biblical definition of a Shofet or Judge is. Remember, it’s not some somber looking dude wearing a black robe arbitrating over a variety of civil or criminal charges in a courtroom. No, a true […]

In my last post I established that Israel operated under a Greek style of government called an AMPHICTONY.  However, it’s a mistake to call it a “government” because there was no central ruling authority. It was more like a loosely held together alliance of tribes bound together by family and religion. While other amphictonies were […]

In a nutshell, the era of the Judges was a period of big time political instability for Israel. And the reason why is simple. They possessed no central leadership like they had had under Joshua. They were supposed to look towards God as their king. And the priesthood was to be the central government serving […]

For those who are into archaeology, you might find it interesting to know the book of Judges happened right around the time civilization was transitioning from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age.  This was also when one of Israel’s most ferocious enemies took root inside the land of Canaan. They were nicknamed the “Sea […]

So who actually wrote the Book of Judges? Answer: NOBODY BLOODY KNOWS! According to Hebrew tradition, Samuel did. But outside of that theory (and yes, it IS a theory), nobody really knows. More than the squabble about who wrote the Book of Judges, the more heated controversy centers around WHEN the Book of Judges was written […]