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  Gideon
(Judges 6–8)

Resources for
Historical Analysis
Resources for
Modern Modes

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Historical Analysis
 
Authors
according to the Documentary Hypothesis; click on links for information
 
 
 
Commentaries
 
Matthews, Victor Harold.  "Judges."  In Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Testament and Apocrypha (ed. Gale A. Yee, Hugh R. Page, Jr. and Matthew J. M. Coomber; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2014) 329-49.
[Link above is to the print copy; here is a link to an electronic copy]
 
--------.  Judges and Ruth, New Cambridge Bible Commentary.  New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
 
Niditch, Susan.  Judges: A Commentary, Old Testament Library.   Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2008.
 
Olson, Dennis T.  "The Book of Judges."  In The New Interpreter's Bible, vol. 2, Numbers to Samuel (Nashville: Abingdon, 1998) x.
 
Sasson, Jack M.  Judges 1–12: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary, Anchor Yale Bible 6D.  New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2013.
 
 
Secondary Literature
 
Barstad, Hans M.  "Some Remarks on Prophets and Prophecy in 'the Deuteronomistic History.'"  In Houses Full of All Good Things: Essays in Memory of Timo Veijola (ed. Juha Pakkala and Martti Nissinen; Helsinki/Göttingen: Finnish Exegetical Society/Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2008) 300-315.
 
Gottwald, Norman.  "Themes and Perspectives in the Historical Writings."  In Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Testament and Apocrypha (ed. Gale A. Yee, Hugh R. Page, Jr. and Matthew J. M. Coomber; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2014) 277-99.
[Link above is to the print copy; here is a link to an electronic copy]
 
Wong, G. T. K.  "Gideon: A New Moses?"  In Reflection and Refraction: Studies in Biblical Historiography in Honour of A. Graeme Auld (ed. Robert Rezetko, Timothy H. Lim and W. Brian Aucker; Leiden: Brill, 2006) 529-45.
 
 
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Modern Modes
Religious   Secular
 
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I grandi condottieri [Great Leaders of the Bible: Gideon and Samson], dir. Marcello Baldi and Francisco Pérez-Dolz (1965)
 
Primary Text Citation
 
I grandi condottieri [Great Leaders of the Bible: Gideon and Samson].  Prod. Toni Di Carlo; dir. Marcello Baldi and Francisco Pérez-Dolz.  101 min.  San Pablo Films, 1965.  [format you watched it in].

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Secondary Literature
 
Relevant Databases for Secondary Sources
  • ATLA Religion Database
  • ComAbstracts
  • Communication Source
  • Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
  • Film Literature Index
 
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Film Reviews
Because these are short and popular, you can read them, but they don't replace the need for at least two professional sources.
 
Smith, Gary Allen.  "115. Great Leaders."  In Epic Films: Casts, Credits and Commentary on More than 350 Historical Spectacle Movies (2d ed.; Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2004) 107.
 
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Primary Text Citation
 
 
 
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Secondary Literature
 
Relevant Databases for Secondary Sources
  • ATLA Religion Database
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Bar Rose
 
Title, dir. x (year)
 
Primary Text Citation
 
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Secondary Literature
 
Relevant Databases for Secondary Sources
  • ATLA Religion Database
  • ComAbstracts
  • Communication Source
  • Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
  • Film Literature Index
 
x
 
 
Film Reviews
Because these are short and popular, you can read them, but they don't replace the need for at least two professional sources.
 
x.
 
 
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