Judges - EinheitsÜbersetzung der Heiligen Sc
The Book of Judges derives its title from the twelve heroes of Israel whose deeds it records. They were not magistrates, but military leaders sent by God to aid and to relieve his people in time of external danger. They exercised their activities in the interval of time between the death of Joshua and the institution of the monarchy in Israel. Six of them-Othniel, Ehud, Barak, Gideon, Jephthah and Samson-are treated in some detail and have accordingly been styled the Major Judges. The other six, of whose activities this book preserves but a summary record, are called the Minor Judges. There were two other judges, whose judgeships are described in 1 Samuel-Eli and Samuel, who seem to have ruled the entire nation of Israel just before the institution of the monarchy. The twelve judges of the present book, however, very probably exercised their authority, sometimes simultaneously, over one or another tribe of Israel, never over the entire nation. The purpose of the book is to show that the fortunes of Israel depended upon the obedience or disobedience of the people to God's law. Whenever they rebelled against him, they were oppressed by pagan nations; when they repented, he raised up judges to deliver them (cf Judges 2:10-23). The accounts of various events, whether written shortly after their occurrence or orally transmitted, were later skillfully unified according to the moral purpose of the redactor some time during the Israelite monarchy. - The book is divided as follows: I. Palestine after the Death of Joshua (Judges 1:1-3:6) II. Stories of the Judges (Judges 3:7-16:31) III. The Tribes of Dan and Benjamin in the Days of the Judges (Judges 17:1-21:25) - (NAB)
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  • Headings


    DAS BUCH DER RICHTER (EUB)


    Die Charakterisierung der Richterzeit: 1,1 - 3,6

    1 Die Eroberung des Gebiets der Stämme Juda und Simeon
    Die Eroberung des Gebiets der Nachkommen Josefs
    2 Die Erscheinung des Engels des Herrn
    Josuas Tod
    Die Berufung von Richtern
    3 Fremde Völker unter den Israeliten
    Die einzelnen Richter: 3,7 - 16,31

    Otniël
    Ehud und Schamgar
    Debora und Barak: 4,1 - 5,31

    4 Der Sieg über Sisera
    Siseras Tod
    5 Das Debora-Lied
    6 Die Berufung Gideons
    Die Zerstörung des Baal-Altars
    Das göttliche Zeichen vor der Schlacht gegen die Midianiter
    7 Der Kampf gegen die Midianiter
    8 Der Feldzug im Ostjordanland
    Die Ablehnung der Königswürde
    9 Die Wahl Abimelechs zum König
    Die Fabel vom König der Bäume
    Der Kampf um Sichem
    Der Tod Abimelechs
    10 Tola und Jaïr
    Erneute Unterdrückung der Israeliten
    Die Wahl Jiftachs zum Richter
    11 Die Verhandlung mit den Ammonitern
    Jiftachs Sieg
    12 Der Krieg der Efraimiter gegen Jiftach
    Die Richter Ibzan, Elon und Abdon
    13 Die Ankündigung der Geburt Simsons
    14 Simsons Hochzeit
    15 Die Vernichtung der Ernte
    Simsons Sieg bei Lehi
    16 Simson in Gaza
    Simson und Delila
    Gefangenschaft und Tod Simsons
    Nachträge: 17,1 - 21,25

    17 Das Heiligtum Michas
    18 Die Kundschafter aus Dan
    Der Zug der Daniter nach Lajisch
    19 Die Schandtat der Männer von Gibea
    20 Die Beratung in Mizpa
    Der Aufmarsch vor Gibea
    Die Niederlage der Israeliten
    Die Vernichtung der Benjaminiter
    21 Die Sorge um den Rest von Benjamin
    Der Feldzug gegen Jabesch-Gilead
    Der Frauenraub in Schilo

    Version
    Revised Standard Version (1966) - English
    Nova Vulgata - Latin
    Biblia del Pueblo di Dio (BPD) - Spanish
    Vulgata - Stuttgart 1969 - Latin
    Bíblia Sagrada Ave-Maria (1957) - Portuguese
    La Sainte Bible (Crampon 1904) - French
    CEI (1974) - Italian