دانلود کتاب Self-Interest or Communal Interest: An Ideology of Leadership in the Gideon, Abimelech and Jephthah Narratives (Judg 6-12) (Supplements to Vetus Testamentum 106)

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Self-Interest orCommunal Interest: An Ideology of Leadership in the Gideon, Abimelech and Jephthah Narratives (Judg 6–12)......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
1. Introduction......Page 30
2. The Structure of the Gideon Stories......Page 31
3. The Transgression, the Midianite Oppression and the Lament (6:1–6)......Page 32
4. The Prophet's Rebuke (6:7–10)......Page 36
5. Gideon's Appointment as Deliverer (6:11–24)......Page 42
6. Gideon Destroys the Altar of the Baal (6:25–32)......Page 56
7. Deployment for Battle, and Gideon's Hesitancy (6:33–40)......Page 65
8. Screening of Gideon's Army (7:1–8)......Page 72
9. Gideon Receives Encouragement through the Midianite's Dream (7:9–15)......Page 83
a. Gideon's instructions to his soldiers before the battle (7:16–18)......Page 89
b. The attack on Midian (7:19–22)......Page 92
a. The pursuit and the clash between the Ephraimites and Gideon (7:23–8:3)......Page 96
b. The continued pursuit and Gideon's clash with the men of Succoth and of Penuel (8:4–17)......Page 103
c. Gideon's clashes with the men of Succoth and of Penuel (8:5–9, 13–17)......Page 104
d. Gideon pursues and defeats the Midianites (8:4, 10–12)......Page 110
e. Gideon executes the Midianite kings (8:18–21)......Page 114
12. Gideon's Refusal of Kingship and the Setting Up of the Ephod in Ophrah (8:22–28)......Page 118
13. Gideon's Death (8:29–32)......Page 126
14. After Gideon's Death (8:33–35)......Page 130
15. The Structure and the Meaning of the Gideon Account......Page 133
16. The Structure of the Book of Judges and Its Meaning......Page 142
2. The Abimelech Account (9)......Page 146
1. The Structure of the Abimelech Account......Page 148
2. Abimelech's Accession to Kingship (9:1–6)......Page 149
3. The Jotham Fable (9:7–21)......Page 156
a. Theological introduction (vv. 22–24)......Page 168
b. The betrayal of Abimelech by the citizens of Shechem and their preference of Gaal son of Ebed (vv. 25–29)......Page 172
c. Zebul's support of Abimelech and the deployment against Gaal (vv. 30–34)......Page 176
d. Zebul deceives Gaal (vv. 35–38)......Page 178
e. The war between Gaal and Abimelech, Abimelech's victory (vv. 39–41)......Page 179
f. Abimelech's war against Shechem (vv. 42–49)......Page 180
g. Abimelech's conquest of Thebez, his defeat by a woman, and the disintegration of his kingdom (vv. 50–55)......Page 183
h. Theological conclusion (vv. 56–57)......Page 185
5. The Meaning of the Abimelech Account......Page 186
1. Transgression, Punishment and Lament (10:6–18)......Page 190
2. Jephthah's Background (11:1–3)......Page 206
3. Jephthah's Appointment (11:4–11)......Page 209
4. Jephthah's Negotiations with the Ammonite King (11:12–28)......Page 214
5. Jephthah's War against Ammon and his Vow (11:29–40)......Page 223
6. Jephthah's Confrontation with the Ephraimites (12:1–7)......Page 241
7. The Meaning of the Jephthah Account......Page 249
Epilogue: Ideology in the Historical Context......Page 254
Bibliography......Page 264
Index of Biblical References......Page 274
Back Matter ......Page 280