REL 1310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: 3 Women, Deuteronomist, Tent Peg
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Debrah and barak: 4:1 - 5:31. Debrah tells barak about god"s plan for battle against sisera. Sisera runs into supposedly friendly supporter"s tent, but jael kills sisera with a tent peg. Gideon (jerubbaal) ben joash: 6:1 - 8:32, midianites & amalakites, gideon twice used the fleece as a sign from god (6:35-40). This shows gideon"s immaturity: gideon used an army of 300 instead of an army of 32,000, gideon declines to be king, since king should be yhwh. Abimelech ben jerubbaal (son of gideon: 8:29-9:57, territory of shechem. Abimelech rules shechem for 3 years: joshua"s fable denounces abimelech"s reign, 9:7-15. Jephthah the gileadite (son of a prostitute: 10:6-12:8, ammonites & philistines, jephthah"s vow 11:29 - 40. No condemnation or commendation of this sacrifice by author. Samson: mother was barren, placed her potential child under a nazarite vow. Avoid fruit of the vine wine.
