Judges

Wife from Timnah (Jud 14)

• Parents inability to say “no”

• Samson’s riddle

• Why are tears so powerful?

• How not to treat a woman 14:16, 18

• What is the relation of the Spirit to people in the OT?  (Jud 14:19)

• Prostitute of Gaza:  hauls walls (Jud 16:1)

• Delilah (Jud 16)

• Are love and lust always so easily separated?

• On nagging:  why does it work?

• Samson’s stupidity?—time compression

• Archaeology and Philistine temples

• How could Samson be a hero? (Heb 11:32)

Tale of 2 Levites

• Danite Levite (Jud. 17 and 18): Micah –idol, Levite stays, à goes with Danites idolatry center in the north; 18:29-31

• Levite’s concubine (Judg. 19)

Benjaminite tribal destruction

• Story line:  Levite to Bethlehem (Jud. 19)

• Concubine raped and killed

• Levite’s divide and conquer call for help

• Benjaminite’s get wives—Jabesh Gilead + Shiloh dancers

• Why does the Bible include such stories?

Ruth:  Green Fried Steele Magnolias

• Series of Tragedies

– Famineà Moab

– Death husband and sons

– Male roles in book

• Use of Names in Ruth: Elimelech, Mahlon, Kilion, Naomi/Marah 1:20, Ruth, Boaz

• On friendship:  Naomi & Ruth discourse 1:16 (loyalty to Naomi/YHWH)

• Do circumstances effect one’s view of God (1:20)

• Gleaning machine: ch. 2

• Boaz male role model:  kinsman redeemer, threshingfloor values

• Levirate marriage

• Benjamite destruction /  Ruth    why? 

• Genealogy of DavidàJesus