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Sources about tola and jair in the deuteronomistic structure of the book of judges

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The primary narratives in the Book of Judges are constructed around the recurring cycle of apostasy - oppression - plea for divine deliverance through the judge (2,10-3,6; 3,7?16,31). Three times, however, these narratives are interrupted by brief notices on six additional men who exercised leadership in Israel during the pre-monarchic period of Israel's settlement in Canaan (3,31; 10,1-5; 12,8-15). The brevity of the Shamgar, Tola, Jair, Ibzan, Elon, Abdon traditions and their unconventional literary nature within the context of the narrative cycles of oppression and deliverance have led critical scholarship generally to recognize these verses as late insertions. The minor judges are named in two summary notes framing the Jephthah narratives (10,6-12,7) in 10,1-5 and 12,8-15. Except for Shamgar and Tola, who is also credited with saving Israel, these do not seem to fit the pattern of the main characters in the book. But this does not mean that these governors played a less important role than the major judges. The differences in presentation derive from the sources used by the Deuteronomistic narrator (family/tribal chronicles; folk narratives) and his literary and theological concept. © 2016 Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Kardynala Stefana Wyszynskiego. All rights reserved.

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