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Judging the Judges: finding value in these problematic characters

Author(s) -

Lee Roy Martin

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

verbum et ecclesia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.386

H-Index - 8

eISSN - 2074-7705

pISSN - 1609-9982

DOI - 10.4102/ve.v29i1.8

Subject(s) - hebrews , parallels , charisma , faith , value (mathematics) , charismatic authority , law , philosophy , sociology , theology , political science , economics , mathematics , operations management , statistics

The biblical judges are well known for their less than exemplary behaviour. In the past, these judges have been appreciated largely as examples of how a charismatic leader should not behave. In spite of the judges questionable morals, the writer of the book of Hebrews commends four of them (Barak, Gideon, Jephthah, and Samson) for their faith. This paper evaluates these judges in light of their characterisations in the book of Hebrews and in the book of Judges and suggests that our struggle with the judges parallels the contemporary integrity crisis in Christian leadership

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