The Book of Judges The Art of Editing

includes index and biblioraphy

1. What is Editing in the Bible ..........1 Editing in the bible and in General ..............1 Characteristics of Biblical Editing ......................6 Considerations regarding implied Editing ..........10 Implied editing and the unity of the work ........14 2. Signs and leadership- Editorial Guidelines in the book of Judges..........25 Signs as Editorial guideline in Judges ..............27 Leadership-as editorial guideline in the book of Judges..............59 The integration of the Two editorial Lines .............118 3. The Expositiong .......120 Definition of the exposione, Its function, Parameters and General Description of its Components ..............121 The Exposition as first stage of Reding ...........134 Structure of the Exposition and the Function of Its part..........135 The Episode of Othniel son of Kenaz - The Beginning of the Judges Exploits ..................160 4. The short story and the Editorial Guidelines .............167 The Ehund Story- Success of Human Tactics by Virtue of Divine Will .................171 Till you aross, o Deborah - or Barak, Or Jael - to the help of the Lord with the mighty...........198 5. The Cycle and the Book ..............222 The Gideon cycle..........223 The Samson Cycle.................266 6. The End of the Book ................310 The Compositional Ending of Judges .......317 Editorical Digression ...............337 Technique of Integral Incorporation and Examination of its Success................351 7. Epilogue and Hypothesis regarding time and place of Editing ..................358 The Act of editing as a point of Departure ...........358 The Time and place of the Main work of Editing ..............363