Intricacy Design and Cunning in the Book of Judges

The Book of Judges in the Old Testament is a deeply-disturbing anthology of short stories about ambushes assassinations murders dismemberments spying deception underdog trickiness lawlessness sexual behavior gang rapes and the need for community reform and national leadership. Actually <i>Judges</i> holds an infinity of meaning and is a great puzzle that has waited for centuries to be solved. Although widely studied by scholars <i>Judges</i> has never been subjected to professional literary criticism and therefore has never been fully analyzed understood or appreciated. <i>Intricacy Design and Cunning in the Book of Judges</i> teaches one how penetrate the secrets of this ancient work decipher its profound messages and appreciate it as a masterpiece of world literature. Davidson's book is the result of years of thinking and has been written in a thoughtful easily-understood but intelligent style that should give pleasure to any reader-layperson and biblical scholar.