General Resources for Judges
(Check the Scripture
Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)
- Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
- Judges at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about Bible books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced Studies also available at their site.
- Book of Judges, Wikipedia.
- Book of Judges, The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1905.
- The Catholic Encyclopedia: Book of Judges.
- Introduction to the Book of Judges, New American Bible.
- Introduction, Outline, and Selected Bibliography for the Book of Judges, by David Malick at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- Bible Basics (Judges) by NetMinistries. (Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words)
- Judges in the World Wide Study Bible.
- Walking Through the Bible: Judges, Ruth.
- Biblenotes summary: Judges.
- Commentary, Exegesis, Studies,etc.:
- Judges, Geneva Study Bible, 1599.
- Judges, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706.
- Judges, Wesley's Notes, c 1760.
- Judges, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
- Judges, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917.
- "The Settlement of Canaan," Gerald A. Larue in Old Testament Life and Literature, 1968.
- Judges - Securing the Land, Barry Bandstra, Reading the Old Testament.
- The Book of Judges, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com.
- Judges, Expository Notes, Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005 edition.
- Sermon Series on the Book of Judges, Jubilee Church, Singapore, 2009.
- Articles and Background:
- "Twisted Tales: Or Should the Book of Judges be Censored?" Tim Bulkeley, 5 Minute Bible (podcast).
- The Role of Women in the Book of Judges, Hampton Keathley IV at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- "Conquest or Settlement? History and Theology in Joshua and Judges," Dennis Bratcher, Christian Resource Institute.
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Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Frolov, Serge, "Rethinking Judges," The Catholic
Biblical Quarterly, 2009.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hackett, JoAnn,
"Violence and Women's Lives in the Book of Judges," Interpretation,
2004. (See also entire issue:
Violence in the Bible, Interpretation, 2004.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Nelson, Richard
D., "Ideology, Geography, and the List of Minor Judges," Journal for
the Study of the Old Testament, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Niditch, Susan,
"Historiography, 'Hazards,' and the Study of Ancient Israel,"
Interpretation, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Scham, Sandra,
"The Days of the Judges: When Men and Women Were Animals and Trees Were
Kings," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Frolov, Serge, "Rethinking Judges," The Catholic
Biblical Quarterly, 2009.
- Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Concordance:
