Day 56 - Era of Judges

English translation of hebrew version . Map of the twelve tribes of Israel, before the move of Dan to the North Wiki Commons Images My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 Read the Bible in a Year Using The NRSV Daily Bible Today’s Reading 2/25/2019 Day 56 Judges 1:1 - 3:6 Reflection: Background by the Center of Biblical Studies. Background by Chabad.org. Gregory Mobley writes in NOAVB5 - Judges is Named for the system of people that settled disputes between the time of Joshua and the monarchy. Maybe between 1200 BCE - 1025 BCE (bc). Structure- 1:1- 2:5 | Days after Joshua; tribal fortunes against Canaanites; seems to have a bias toward Judah (southern kingdom) 2:6 - 16:31 | Days of the Judges with featured ones at end of the section. 17:1 - 21:25 | No centralized government or priesthood; disarray; People take to local gods as they assimilate. Judges have highs and lows and are flawed. Section for today spe...