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Judges 3
Judges 3 is the third chapter of the Book of Judges in the Old Testament or the Hebrew Bible. According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel, but modern scholars view it as part of the Deuteronomistic History, which spans the books of Deuteronomy to 2 Kings, attributed to nationalistic and devotedly Yahwistic writers during the time of the reformer Judean king Josiah in 7th century BCE. This chapter records the activities of the first three judges, Othniel, Ehud, and Shamgar, belonging to a section comprising Judges 3:1 to 5:31.
This chapter was originally written in the Hebrew language. It is divided into 31 verses.
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), Aleppo Codex (10th century), and Codex Leningradensis (1008). Fragments containing parts of this chapter in Hebrew were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls including XJudges (XJudg, X6; 50 BCE) with extant verses 23–24.
Extant ancient manuscripts of a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint (originally was made in the last few centuries BCE) include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century) and Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century).
A linguistic study by Chisholm reveals that the central part in the Book of Judges (Judges 3:7–16:31) can be divided into two panels based on the six refrains that state that the Israelites did evil in Yahweh's eyes:
Furthermore from the linguistic evidence, the verbs used to describe the Lord's response to Israel's sin have chiastic patterns and can be grouped to fit the division above:
The introductory section of the chapter lists by name and place the Canaanite nations that the Israelites had to drive out of the land (verse 1–4) with an additional text that the nations' continued presence in the land was allowed by YHWH so the Israelites as newcomers to the land could sharpen their agonistic skills and capacity to resist idols against some idolatrous enemies (verse 4; Judges 2:22).
"To prove": the verb is the same as in Judges 2:22 and Judges 3:4, but here it is used in the meaning "to train (them)", rendered by Symmachus in Greek as askēsai. This is directed to many Israelites who 'had not known all the wars of Canaan', implying the "generation after that of Joshua", to prepare them in the struggles of the actual conquest.
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Judges 3
Judges 3 is the third chapter of the Book of Judges in the Old Testament or the Hebrew Bible. According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel, but modern scholars view it as part of the Deuteronomistic History, which spans the books of Deuteronomy to 2 Kings, attributed to nationalistic and devotedly Yahwistic writers during the time of the reformer Judean king Josiah in 7th century BCE. This chapter records the activities of the first three judges, Othniel, Ehud, and Shamgar, belonging to a section comprising Judges 3:1 to 5:31.
This chapter was originally written in the Hebrew language. It is divided into 31 verses.
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), Aleppo Codex (10th century), and Codex Leningradensis (1008). Fragments containing parts of this chapter in Hebrew were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls including XJudges (XJudg, X6; 50 BCE) with extant verses 23–24.
Extant ancient manuscripts of a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint (originally was made in the last few centuries BCE) include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century) and Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century).
A linguistic study by Chisholm reveals that the central part in the Book of Judges (Judges 3:7–16:31) can be divided into two panels based on the six refrains that state that the Israelites did evil in Yahweh's eyes:
Furthermore from the linguistic evidence, the verbs used to describe the Lord's response to Israel's sin have chiastic patterns and can be grouped to fit the division above:
The introductory section of the chapter lists by name and place the Canaanite nations that the Israelites had to drive out of the land (verse 1–4) with an additional text that the nations' continued presence in the land was allowed by YHWH so the Israelites as newcomers to the land could sharpen their agonistic skills and capacity to resist idols against some idolatrous enemies (verse 4; Judges 2:22).
"To prove": the verb is the same as in Judges 2:22 and Judges 3:4, but here it is used in the meaning "to train (them)", rendered by Symmachus in Greek as askēsai. This is directed to many Israelites who 'had not known all the wars of Canaan', implying the "generation after that of Joshua", to prepare them in the struggles of the actual conquest.
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