The Book of Judges: A Quick Overview [Whiteboard Bible Study]

The book of Judges tells a story of the ancient Israelites' early relationship with their land, their deity, and the surrounding nations. Biblical figures like Samson and Gideon are found here, as well as allusions to the forthcoming King David. However, this story doesn't have a very happy ending.
For more information about the structure of the book of Judges, check out the write-up on my website: overviewbible....
I used Logos Bible Software for the research that went into this video. If you think you might want to use a tool like this, check out my review here: overviewbible....
And of course, if you'd like to read by ebook on how all the books of the Bible fit together, you can check it out here: overviewbible....

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Awesome break down , I just read judges and I needed an overview to really understand what I just read

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Definitely one of my favorite texts from a historiographical perspective. From my understanding Judges as compiled was edited post-exile, with the desire to escape the lawlessness of a kingless Israel and attain peace evident in both the stories that originated before Babylon, and those audited later to support that Davidic line centuries hence. Fascinating eye into the culture of the time.

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Jeff, do you base your Bible lessons on the 1611 KJV?

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I'm not sure how I would even go about doing so. It would be pretty difficult to base a (useful) overview exclusively in one translation of the Bible for a few reasons: 1. Chapter and verse divisions are pan-translation. 2. A good overview should be understandable and edifying to the viewer even if they don't have access to a Bible. 3. Ideally, any vital wording-specific content that makes it into an overview should be rooted in the use of the original languages, not any one English treatment of those languages. And please: It's Jeffrey. Jeff sounds like someone who works in sales. ;-)

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@@OverviewBible You may be relying on corrupted translations of the Bible and you are unaware of that. Your reasons were excuses at best.

[@OverviewBible]

Oh, by all means, then: please explain to me how a KJV 1611 overview of the Book of Judges would materially differ from this one! How does the KJV 1611 translation structure the book differently? How does the KJV 1611 translation handle the book's narrative differently? How does the KJV 1611 translation contradict the overview set forth in the video? Show me specifically how exclusively using the KJV 1611 translation to construct this overview would alter the content of this video.

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