In this episode on Joshua 24, Judges 1–5, Joel offers some thoughts about how God uses broken people both through and in spite of their brokenness.

RESOURCES:

Book of Judges timeline: There have been several attempts to put a timeline together for Judges:

1) This author has dedicated a ton of research to the Exodus route and timeline, and builds his Judges timeline from that: https://www.bible.ca/archeology/bible-archeology-exodus-route-date-chronology-of-judges.htm

2) Bible Hub offers many free resources, including this timeline: https://biblehub.com/timeline/judges/1.htm

3) This offers some thoughts behind how someone might puzzle out the Judges timeline: http://www.thebiblicaltimeline.org/the-judges/

An overview of the book of Judges: https://overviewbible.com/judges-of-israel/

A post about what the book of Judges is doing--and not doing: https://bibleproject.com/blog/judges-messianic-hope/

Some thoughts on Deborah as a judge: https://www.theologyofwork.org/old-testament/joshua-judges-and-work/chaos-judges-1-21/the-judges-judges-3-16/deborah-judges-4-5

An analysis of Deborah from a Jewish perspective: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/deborah-the-prophetess/

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