Harlots and Heroines: Women in the Old Testament – Diane Jacobson

Women in Judges and Ruth

Brief Traditional Chronology:

 

Book               Subject                                                                        Date

Gen.1-11         Primordial History                            

   12-50            Ancestors: Abraham & Sarah; Isaac & Rebecca;          1700 BC on

                        Jacob & Leah; Joseph

Exodus             Moses and Israel in Egypt                                             1250 BC

Numbers          Wandering in the Wilderness

(Leviticus,Deuteronomy)

Joshua              Conquest of Canaan                                                     1200 BC

Judges              Government by charismatic leaders

Ruth                 Ruth, Naomi, & Boaz

I Samuel           Samuel as prophet/priest/judge

                                    Saul as king

II Samuel          David,king of Israel & Judah                                         1000 BC

I Kings             Solomon, king of Israel & Judah

                                    Divided Kingdom                                                         922 BC on

II Kings            Fall of Israel (northern kingdom)                                   721 BC

                        Fall of Judah (southern kingdom)                                   587 BC

 

 

Outline of the WOMEN (& men) in the Book of Judges

 

Chap.1-2         Introduction – ACHSAH, Caleb’s daughter & Othniel’s wife

Chap.3             (Othniel, Ehud)

Chap.4             DEBORAH (Lappidoth,her husband; Barak,her general;

                        Sisera, Canaanite general)

Chap.5             Song of Deborah - JAEL & THE MOTHER OF SISERA

Chap.6-8         (Gideon)

Chap.9-10       (Abimelech) A CERTAIN WOMAN - ABIMELEK’S NEAR-KILLER

Chap.11-12     JEPHTHAH'S DAUGHTER (Jephthah);

DISINHERITED DAUGHTERS OF IBZAN

Chap.13           MS.MANOAH, Samson's mother (Manoah, Samson)

Chap.14           SAMSON'S WIFE (Samson)

Chap.15           YOUNGER SISTER (Samson)

Chap.16           UNNAMED HARLOT; DELILAH (Samson)

Chap.17-18     (Micah)

Chap.19-20     CONCUBINE, VIRGIN DAUGHTER (Levite)

Chap.21           400 VIRGINS OF JABESH-GILEAD; DAUGHTERS OF SHILOH

 

Ruth

I.                    Placement after Proverbs or Judges

II.                 Background laws: Deut.25:5-10; Lev.19:9-10; Deut.10:17-19; Lev.25:25

III.       Vocabulary to watch: liyax hf<i)   liyax rObig $y)      bU$     l)g

III.               Themes to watch: family; blessing; food and nature;

contrasting characters; names