Characters and Characterization in the Book of Judges

Keith Bodner is Professor of Religious Studies and Stuart E. Murray Chair of Christian Studies at Crandall University, Canada. Benjamin J.M. Johnson is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at LeTourneau University, USA.

Contributors
Abbreviations
Time Would Fail Me to Tell: An Introduction Character Study in the Book of Judges
Benjamin J.M. Johnson, LeTourneau University, USA
1. Humor, characterization, and the theology of Judges
Joel Kaminsky, Smith College, USA
2. Ehud and Eglon: Cunning Behavior in the Bible
Greger Andersson, Örebro University, Sweden
3. Deborah – If Not a Deliverer, What Kind of Leader was She?
Yairah Amit, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
4. Blessed Destroyer: The Characterization of Jael as a Warrior
in Command and an Instrument of Yahweh
Elizabeth P. Backfish, William Jessup University, USA
5. Gideon: Epic Hero, Biblical Judge, and Political Subversive
Susan Niditch, Amherst College, USA
6. The Man Who Would Be King
Benjamin J.M. Johnson, LeTourneau University, USA
7. A Gileadite Responder: Verbing the Character of Jephthah
Tammi J. Schnieder, Claremont Graduate University, USA
8. Jephthah’s Daughters, Ethical and Unethical: Characterization and Ethics
David Janzen, Durham University, UK
9. Domesticating Samson
Robert Kawashimi, University of Florida, USA
10. Delilah’s Mysterious Role in Samson’s Destiny: The Dynamics of
Power, Knowledge, and Mystery
Athena Gorospe, Asian Theological Seminary, The Philippines
11. Samson as Everyman in Israel
Gregory T.K. Wong, Evangel Seminary, Hong Kong
12. Mother’s Little Helper: Micah and His Big Idea
Robin Baker, University of Winchester, UK
13. A Mother, a Son, a Levite and a Tribe (Judg 17–18)
Susanne Gillmayr-Bucher, Catholic Theological Private University of Linz, Austria
14. “Of all the characters in scripture, she is the least”: the Levite’s
concubine and the discourse of silence
Francis Landy, University of Alberta, Canada
15. Six Characters in Search of a Deity: Talking about God in the Book
of Judges
Keith Bodner, Crandall University, USA
Afterword
J. Cheryl Exum, University of Sheffield, UK
Bibliography
Index