I remember someone whose thesis was that Judges is purposely an over-the-top book, showing how awful things were before there was a King in Israel.
But how to teach it? Well, you could punt: skip most of Joshua & Judges, and skip straight to Samuel. I mean, there's lots of stuff that's more "prophetic" than Joshua & Judges -- I mean, other than Devorah, who's an actual "prophet" in the book of Judges?
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Date: 2008-10-12 01:02 am (UTC)But how to teach it? Well, you could punt: skip most of Joshua & Judges, and skip straight to Samuel. I mean, there's lots of stuff that's more "prophetic" than Joshua & Judges -- I mean, other than Devorah, who's an actual "prophet" in the book of Judges?