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In the Book of Judges, it is stated that Deborah was a prophetess, a judge of Israel and the wife of Lapidoth. [5] [6] She rendered her judgments beneath a date palm tree between Ramah in Benjamin and Bethel in the land of Ephraim. [7] The people of Israel had been oppressed by Jabin, the king of Canaan, whose capital was Hazor, for twenty years.
At this time, the prophetess Deborah was judging Israel. She summoned the general Barak, telling him that God commanded him to march on Mount Tabor with an Israelite army and that God had promised he would deliver the Canaanites into Barak's hand.(Judges 4:2–7)
Shamgar, son of Anath (Hebrew: שַׁמְגַּר Šamgar), is the name of one or possibly two individuals named in the Book of Judges.The name occurs twice: at the first mention, Shamgar is identified as a man who repelled Philistine incursions into Israelite regions, and slaughtered 600 of the invaders with an ox goad (Judges 3:31); [1]
Judges 5 is the fifth chapter of the Book of Judges in the Old Testament or the Hebrew Bible. [1] According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel, [2] [3] but modern scholars view it as part of the Deuteronomistic History, which spans the books of Deuteronomy through Kings, attributed to nationalistic and devotedly Yahwistic writers during the time of the reformer ...
The judges (sing.Hebrew: שופט, romanized: šop̄ēṭ, pl. שופטים šop̄əṭīm) whose stories are recounted in the Hebrew Bible, primarily in the Book of Judges, were individuals who served as military leaders of the tribes of Israel in times of crisis, in the period before the monarchy was established.
[15] Justin Chang of Variety similarly adds, "Schnabel's signature blend of splintered storytelling and sobering humanism feels misapplied to this sweeping multigenerational saga of four Arab women living under Israeli occupation, the youngest of which, Miral, emerges a bland totem of hope rather than a compelling movie subject." [16] Deborah ...
Judges 4 is the fourth chapter of the Book of Judges in the Old Testament or the Hebrew Bible. [1] According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel, [2] [3] but modern scholars view it as part of the Deuteronomistic History, which spans the books of Deuteronomy to 2 Kings, attributed to nationalistic and devotedly Yahwistic writers during the time of the reformer ...
Coogan argues that the story of Ehud was probably a folk tale of local origin that was edited by the Deuteronomistic historians. [11] The Deuteronomistic historians "incorporated a variety of previously existing sources into their narrative of life in early Israel" [11] and the story of Ehud is one such example of a "previously existing source", [11] that has been edited to include "the ...