Joshua, Judges, and Ruth for Everyone

John Goldingay

• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN:
  9780664233785
• eBook ISBN:
  9781611640953
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Commentary

Following on the heels of the successful New Testament for Everyone commentaries by N. T. Wright, John Goldingay, an internationally respected Old Testament scholar, authors this ambitious Old Testament for Everyone series. Covering Scripture from Genesis to Malachi, Goldingay addresses the texts in such a way that even the most challenging passages are explained simply. Perfect for daily devotions, Sunday school preparation, or brief visits with the Bible, the Old Testament for Everyone series is an excellent resource for the modern reader.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title Page
• Other Books by This Author
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Maps
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Joshua 1:1–18 Just One River to Cross
• Joshua 2:1–24 Meanwhile, in the Whorehouse
• Joshua 3:1–17 On Getting Your Feet Wet
• Joshua 4:1–5:1 Looking Forward and Backward
• Joshua 5:2–15 Which Side Are You On? Neither
• Joshua 6:1–21 Come Blow Your Horn
• Joshua 6:22–7:15 Who Are the Real Canaanites?
• Joshua 7:16–26 Coveting Can Kill
• Joshua 8:1–21 The Importance of a Game Plan
• Joshua 8:22–35 It’s Over Even When It’s Not Over
• Joshua 9:1–21 How to Get Taken In
• Joshua 9:22–10:11 How to Swallow Your Pride
• Joshua 10:12–27 No Compromise
• Joshua 10:28–43 Welcome to the Wild Wild West
• Joshua 11:1–15 Welcome to the Wild Wild North
• Joshua 11:16–12:24 Why Were They So Stupid?
• Joshua 13:1–14:15 The Country That Remains to Be Possessed Is Very Great
• Joshua 15:1–17:11 Living as Women in a Man’s World
• Joshua 17:12–19:21 Roots; or, Home Is Where Your Share Is
• Joshua 20:1–21:43 Everything Came True
• Joshua 22:1–34 The Universal and the Local
• Joshua 23:1–16 The Peril of Other People’s Faiths
• Joshua 24:1–33 “You Can’t Serve Yahweh.” “Yes We Can!”
• Judges 1:1–36 Real Life Is More Complicated
• Judges 2:1–3:4 The Power of Forgetting
• Judges 3:5–31 Unlikely Saviors
• Judges 4:1–24 Three Strong Women and Three Feeble Men (I)
• Judges 5:1–31a Three Strong Women and Three Feeble Men (II)
• Judges 5:31b–6:24 On the Unimportance of Spiritual Insight
• Judges 6:25–40 How to Be a Mixed-up Person
• Judges 7:1–25 How to Increase the Odds against Yourself
• Judges 8:1–35 I’m Not the Hero; the Hero Is God
• Judges 9:1–57 The Man Who Would Be King
• Judges 10:1–11:29 When God Finds It Hard to Be Tough
• Judges 11:30–12:15 The Man Whose Promise Makes the Blood Run Cold
• Judges 13:1–25 Entertaining Angels Unawares
• Judges 14:1–15:20 Honey, We Solved the Riddle
• Judges 16:1–21 Love Actually
• Judges 16:22–31 But Samson’s Hair Began to Grow Again
• Judges 17:1–13 They All Did What Was Right in Their Own Eyes
• Judges 18:1–31 Desperate Dan
• Judges 19:1–30 The Story Reaches Its Lowest Point (I)
• Judges 20:1–48 The Story Reaches Its Lowest Point (II)
• Judges 21:1–25 How Not to Save the Situation
• Ruth 1:1–9 How Naomi’s Life Falls Apart
• Ruth 1:10–19a The Choice
• Ruth 1:19b–2:9 She’s A Moabite, for Goodness’ Sake!
• Ruth 2:10–23 The God of Coincidences
• Ruth 3:1–18 How Not to Leave the Initiative to the Man
• Ruth 4:1–10 How Not to Get Overextended in Real Estate
• Ruth 4:11–22 How David Got His Grandfather
• Glossary