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Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Vol. 31, No. 3, 347-364 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0309089207076361
© 2007 SAGE Publications

Ideology, Geography, and the List of Minor Judges

Richard D. Nelson

Perkins School of Theology, P.O. Box 750133, Dallas, TX 75275, USA

This article proposes that the list of the minor judges found in Judg. 10.1-5 and 12.7-15 originated as an anti-monarchic scribal construction composed in the territory of the Northern Kingdom. The list reflects an anti-monarchic ideology and was modeled on the scribal conventions for summarizing royal succession that appear in the regnal formulas in the book of Kings. It locates the minor judges in the territory of the northern tribes outside of Ephraim.

Key Words: Abdon • Elon • Ibzan • Jair • Jephthah • judges • minor • Tola


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