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In this session we read and discuss chapters 15 - 18 of the Book of Judges. We complete the last half of the Samson cycle which includes the Samson and Delilah narrative. We will also read a short story about Micah and the Levite and the migration of the tribe of Dan - a narrative that includes no Judges, but perhaps illustrates the general conditions of moral and political anarchy that lead to...

In SessionTen of this twelve part study we read and discuss Chapters 10 through 14 of the book of Judges. We will read the story of Jephthah, the birth of Samson, and the Samson "riddle." This bible study of Northgate United Methodist Church is based on the writings of Marc Zvi Brettler, Robert Polzin, Robert Alter, Thomas B. Dozeman, and Richard D. Nelson.

In session nine of this twelve part study, we read and discuss chapters six through nine of the Book of Judges. We read the narrative cycle of Gideon and the story of his son, Abimelech. This study is based on the works of Marc Zvi Brettler, Robert Alter, Robert Polzin, Richard D. Nelson, and Thomas B. Dozeman.

In this session we read and discuss Judges 2:11 - 5:31. We read stories about the Judges Othniel, Ehud, and Shamgar, as well as the Song of Deborah. This study is based on the works of Marc Zvi, Brettler, Robert Polzin, Robert Alter, Richard B. Nelson, and Thomas B. Dozeman.

In Session Seven of this twelve part study we read and discuss Judges 1:1 - 2:10 - the introduction to the Book of Judges. There appears to be a great deal of overlap between these early passages of Judges and the Book of Joshua. If Joshua was the conclusion to the Torah, then Judges may be the prelude to the period of the monarchy. If Joshua is a book about genocide, then Judges is a book fill...

In this session we conclude the Book of Joshua (chapters 20 - 24). Israel creates "refuge cities" and allots towns and pastureland to the Levites. We ask the he question of "Who are God's people and who are the 'others' ?" Joshua gives a farewell address just prior to his death. This twelve session series is based on the works of Richard B. Nelson, Thomas B. Dozeman, Robert Alter, Robert Polzin...

In Session Five, we read and discuss Joshua, chapters 13 - 19, beginning the second half of the book of Joshua. In this session the promised land of Canaan is distributed among the twelve tribes of Israel. We will discuss the relevance of these stories to the people of the exilic and post-exilic period. The study by Northgate United Methodist Church is based on the works of Richard D. Nelson, T...

This is the fourth of twelve sessions of a study on the Books of Joshua and Judges. This session, titled "Ambush, Deception, and War Against the Kings," is the final segment of the Book of Conquest, which includes the first twelve chapters of Joshua. The Ark of the Covenant reaches its final destination in Shechem. Joshua and the Israelites defeat and put to the ban the kings of Canaan who had ...

This is the third of twelve sessions in a study on the books of Joshua and Judges. In this session we read and discuss chapters 3 - 7 of the book of Joshua. Joshua and the Israelites cross over the Jordan River with the Ark of the Covenant, they conquer Jericho, but suffer a major setback at Ai. The study is based on the works of Thomas B. Bozeman, Richard D. Nelson, Marc Zvi Brettler, Robert A...

This is the second of twelve sessions of a study on the books of Joshua and Judges. In this session we discuss the relationship between Joshua and the books of the Torah. We also discuss the Deuteronomistic History and read the first two chapters of Joshua. The study is based on the works of Thomas B. Bozeman, Richard D. Nelson, Marc Zvi Brettler, Robert Alter, and Robert Polzin.

This is the first of twelve sessions in a study on the Old Testament books of Joshua and Judges. The tales of Joshua fighting the battle of Jericho and Samson losing his superpowers after getting his hair cut may be fun for children, but the violence and seemingly God sponsored genocide in these books don't always play well in the twenty-first century. During the course of the study we will rea...

This is the final session of a five part study on the First Book of Esdras. In this session we read and the discuss the last part of chapter eight and complete chapter nine: "The Expulsion of Foreign Wives" and "The Reading of the Law. The study is based on commentaries from The First and Second Books Esdras [Cambridge Bible Commentary on the New English Bible] commentary by R.J. Coggins and M....

This is session four of a five part study on the First Book of Esdras from the Apocrypha. In chapter seven, the rebuilding is complete and the Second Temple is dedicated. In the first part of chapter eight, the Persian King Artaxerxes appoints Ezra as priest and reader of the Law in Judah, and Ezra leads a group of Jews, including priests and Levites from Babylon to Jerusalem. The study is base...

This is the third of five sessions in a study of the First Book of Esdras. In this session we read and discuss chapters five and six: the return to Jerusalem, the returning exiles, restoration of worship, the laying of the temple foundation, more opposition, and finally official permission granted by King Darius I. The study is part of a series on the Apocrypha and is based on The New Oxford An...

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