Judges

Verse-by-Verse Commentaries:

Carl E. Armerding, Judges (Word), Word Books, 1997. ***
Daniel I. Block, Judges, Ruth (New American Commentary), Broadman & Holman, 1999. ****
Andrew R. Fausset, Judges (Geneva), Banner of Truth, 1999.
E. John Hamlin, At Risk in the Promised Land (ITC), Eerdmans, 1990. ***
Barnabas Lindars, Judges 1-5 (ICC), T & T Clark, 1995.
Dennis T. Olson, "Judges" in The New Interpreter's Bible, vol. II, Abingdon, 1998. ****
Barry G. Webb, The Book of Judges: An Integrated Reading (JSOT Series) Sheffield Academic Press, 1987. ****1/2
________ "Judges" in New Bible Commentary: 21st Century Edition (ed. G. J. Wenham, et al), Inter Varsity, 1994: 261-268.

Monographs, Compilations, and Studies:

James Crenshaw, Samson: A Secret Betrayed, A Vow Ignored, Mercer University Press, 1981.
Ji-chan Kim, The Structure of the Samson Cycle, Kok Pharos, 1993. ****
Jacobus Marais, Representation in Old Testament Narrative Texts (Biblical Interpretation Series, 36), Brill, 1998.****
Robert H. O'Connell, The Rhetoric of the Book of Judges (Vetus Testamentum Series) Brill Academic, 1996. ****

Articles and Essays:

Yairah Amit, "The Story of Ehud (Judges 3:12-30): The Form and the Message" in Signs and Wonders: Biblical Texts in Literary Focus
____ (ed. J. C. Exum) SBL Semeia Studies, Society of Biblical Literature, 1989: .
Daniel I. Block, "Echo Narrative in the Hebrew Literature: A Study in Judges 19," WTJ 52 (1990): 325-341.
________ "Will The Real Gideon Please Stand Up? Narrative Style And Intention In Judges 6-9," JETS 40 (1997): 353-366.
________ "The Period of the Judges: Religious Disintegration under Tribal Rule," in Israel's Apostasy and Restoration (ed. A. Gileadi),
____ 1988: 39-57.
Richard G. Bowman, "Narrative Criticism of Judges: Human Purpose in Conflict with Divine Presence" in Judges and Method: New
____ Approaches in Biblical Studies [ed G. Yee], Fortress Press, 1995: 17-44.
Dale Ralph Davis, "Comic Literature—Tragic Theology: A Study of Judges 17-18," WTJ 46 (1984): 156-163.
W. J. Dumbrell, " 'In those Days there was no King in Israel: Every Man did what was Right in his own Eyes': The Purpose of the
____ Book of Judges Reconsidered," JSOT 25 (1983): 23-33.
J. Cheryl Exum, "Promise and Fulfillment: Narrative Art in Judges 13." Journal of Biblical Literature 99 (1980): 43-59.
________ "Aspects of Symmetry and Ballance in the Samson Saga," JSOT 19 (1981): 3-29.
________ "The Tragic Vision and Biblical Narrative: The Case of Jephthah" in Signs and Wonders: Biblical Texts in Literary Focus
____ (ed. J. C. Exum) SBL Semeia Studies, Society of Biblical Literature, 1989: 59-83.
________ "Harvesting the Biblical Narrator's Scanty Plot of Ground: A Holistic Approach to Judges 16:4-22" in Tehillah le-Moshe
____ (ed. M. Cogan, et al), 1997: 39-46.
Jan P. Fokkelman, "Structural remarks on Judges 9 and 19" in Sha'arei Talmon: Studies in the Bible, Qumran, and the Ancient Near East
____ presented to Shemaryahu Talmon (ed. Michael Fishbane and Emanuel Tov), Eisenbrauns, 1992: 33-45.
________ "The Song of Deborah and Barak: its Prosodic Levels and Structure" in Pomegranates and Golden Bells: Studies in Biblical,
____ Jewish, and Near Eastern Ritual, Law, and Literature in Honor of Jacob Milgrom (ed. D. P. Wright, D. N. Freedman, David Noel, and
____ Avi Hurvitz), Eisenbrauns, 1995: 595-628.
Don M. Hudson, "Living in the Land of Epithets: Anonymity in Judges 19-21," JSOT 62 (1994): 49-66.
Philip E. Satterthwaite, "'No King in Israel': Narrative Criticism in Judges 17-21," Tyndale Bulletin 44 (1993): 75-88.
________ "Narrative Artistry in the Composition of Judges XX 29ff." Vetus Testamentum 42 (1992): 80-89.
Stanislav Segert, "Paronomasia in the Samson Narrative in Judges 13-16," Vetus Testamentum 34 (1984): 454-461.
John H. Stek, "The Bee and the Mountain Goat: A Literary Reading of Judges 4" in A Tribute to Gleason Archer (ed. J. Youngblood, et al),
____ Moody, 1986: 53-86.
Marvin A. Sweeney, "Davidic Polemics in the Book of Judges," Vetus Testamentum 47 (1997): 517-529.
Barry G. Webb, "The Theme of the Jephthah Story (Judges 10:6-12:7)," Reformed Theological Review 45 (1986): 34-43.
________ "A Serious Reading of the Samson Story (Judges 13-16)," Reformed Theological Review 54 (1995): 110-120.

More Commentaries:

Robert G. Boling, Judges: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary (Anchor, 6A), Doubleday, 1975. ***1/2
Charles F. Pfeiffer, "Judges" in The Wycliffe Bible Commentary, The Southwestern Company, 1968.
M. P. O'Connor, "Judges" in The New Jerome Biblical Commentary, Prentice Hall, 1990: 132-144.
Tammi J. Schneider, Judges (Berit Olam), Liturgical, 2000. ***1/2
J. Alberto Soggin, Judges: A Commentary (OTL), Westminster John Knox, 1981. ***

More Monographs:

Lillian R. Klein, The Triumph of Irony in the Book of Judges (Bible and Literature, 14), Almond Press, 1988.
Phyllis Trible, Texts if Terror: Literary-Feminist Readings of Biblical Narrative (Overtures to Biblical Theology, 13), Fortress, 1983.****

More Articles:

Robert Alter, "Samson without Folklore" in Text and Tradition: The Hebrew Bible and Folklore (ed. S. Niditch), SBL Semeia Studies,
____ Scholars Press, 1990: 47-56.
Robert G. Boling, "In Those Days There Was No King in Israel," in A Light Unto My Path: Old Testament Studies in Honor of Jacob M. Myers
____ (ed. H. N. Bream, et al), Temple University Press, 1974: 33-48.
T. A. Boogaart, "Stone for Stone: Retribution in the Story of Abimelek and Shechem," JSOT 32 (1985): 45-56.
Simcha Shalom Brooks, "Saul and the Samson Narrative," JSOT 71 (1996): 19-25.Joseph Blenkinsopp, "Structure and Style in Judges 13-16,"
____ JBL 81-82 (1962-63): 65-76.
Gillis Gerleman, "The Song of Deborah in the Light of Stylistics," Vetus Testamentum 1 (1951): 168-180.
W. Lee Humphreys, "The Story of Jepthah and the Tragic Vision: A Response to J. Cheryl Exum" in Signs and Wonders: Biblical Texts in
____ Literary Focus (ed. J. C. Exum) SBL Semeia Studies, Scholars Press, 1989: 85-96
E. J. Revell, "The Battle with Benjamin and Hebrew Narrative Techniques," Vetus Testamentum 35 (1985): 417-433.
Stanislav Segert, "Paronomasia in the Samson Narrative in Judges 13-16," Vetus Testamentum 34 (1984): 454-461.
J. P. H. Wessels, "Persuasions in Judges 2:20-3:6: A Celebration of Differences" in The Rhetorical Analysis of Scripture (ed. S. E. Porter, et al),
____ 1997: 120-136.

Still More Articles:

Gary G. Cohen, "Samson and Hercules: A Comparison between the Feats of Samson and the Labours of Hercules," Evangelical Quarterly 42
____ (1970): 131-141. (Othniel Margalith, "The Legends of Samson/Heracles," Vetus Testamentum 37 (1987): 63-70.)
J. Cheryl Exum and J. William Whedbee, "Isaac, Samson, and Saul: Reflections on the Comic and Tragic Visions" in Beyond Form Criticism
____ (ed. P. R. House), Eisenbrauns, 1992: 272-308.
Mark Greene, "Enigma Variations: Aspects of the Samson Story, Judges 13-16," Vox Evangelica 21 (1991): 53-79.
David Jobling, "Right-brained Story of Left-handed Man: An Antiphon to Yairah Amit" in Signs and Wonders: Biblical Texts in Literary Focus
____ (ed. J. C. Exum) SBL Semeia Studies, Scholars Press, 1989: 125-131.
Albert B. Lord, "Patterns of Lives of the Patriarchs from Abraham to Samson and Samuel" in Text and Tradition: The Hebrew Bible and Folklore
____ (ed. S. Niditch), SBL Semeia Studies, Scholars Press, 1990: 7-18.
Susan Niditch, "Samson as Culture Hero, Trickster, and Bandit: the Empowerment of the Weak," CBQ 52 (1990): 608-624.