Book of Judges
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- proper noun
- Literature
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Libro de Jueces
- The Book of Judges recounts the history of the Israelite people after settling in the promised land, as the tribes struggle against neighboring peoples such as the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Ammonites, and the Moabites.
Examples
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The day's news begins to read like the Book of Judges, full of war and rumors of war.
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In the book of Judges, Israel is recorded as disobeying in order to completely annihilate the Jebusites who have committed "abominations" before God, and the book relates how the Jebusites continued to mix with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem.
Academic text (2007) -
His name will be written in the book of judges.
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It's in the book of Judges, Judge.
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The Book of Judges is itself a history, full of tales of individual and collective affliction.
Academic text (1993) -
But throughout the book of Judges, God's people rode a seesaw, now being blessed and then rebelling, turning from Him and being abandoned to the consequences of their unfaithfulness.
Blog text (6) -
There I began to see a larger pattern, including the story of Shechem in Genesis, the destruction of Jericho in the book of Judges, the story of Amalek in the book of Kings, and the bloodletting at the end of the book of Esther.
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The Book of Judges recounts important stories about the leaders who guided the Israelites after they entered the promised land.
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Many themes in the Book of Judges highlight the struggles of the Israelites during times of conflict with neighboring nations.
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In the Book of Judges, we learn about the challenges faced by the Israelites as they transitioned from anarchy to monarchy.
Synonyms
A book of the Old Testament that tells Israel's history under local leaders
Surface Forms
Morphology
The title 'Book of Judges' is compositionally transparent: 'book' + 'of' + 'Judges' directly signals a book about judges (in this case the biblical book recounting Israel's leaders), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the basic meaning. The 'Book of X' naming pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows ordinary English genitive/titling structure, supporting full transparency.
Etymology
Book of Judges is named for the many judges in its stories. These judges were local leaders and heroes who led and saved the people before there were kings, so the title means a book about those leaders.