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J. CLINTON MCCANN, Judges (IBC; Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2002). Pp. x + 146. Paper $22.95.
McCann's focus on teaching and preaching the Book of Judges accords with the aims of the Interpretation series. Given the violent, shocking content of Judges, this is not easy, but M. does rise to the task. Although he refers to the Deuteronomistic History and theories of the book's formation, his focus is on its final form in the full canonical context. Many of the stories may derive from the premonarchical period, but M. reads them in later contexts including those of the monarchical, ...
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