Jensens survey of the old testament adam 98

49.
Eason, J. Lawrence. The New Bible Survey,
pp. 120-27.
Morgan, G. Campbell. The Analyzed Bible,
pp. 70-77.
Payne, J. Barton. “Book of Judges.” In The
New Bible Dictionary, pp. 676-79.
Unger, Merrill F. Introductory Guide to the
Old Testament, pp. 286-92.
OPPRESSIONS OF ISRAEL

Edersheim, Alfred. The Bible Histofy-Old
Testament, 3:105-77.
Purkiser, W. T.; Demaray, C. E.; Metz,
Donald; and Stuneck, Maude A. Exploring
the Old Testament, pp. 150-59.
Wood, Leon. A Survey of Israel’s History, pp.
211-26.
Young, Edward J. An Introduction to the Old
Testament, pp. 168-72.


COMMENTARIES

Baxter, J. Sidlow. “Judges to Esther.” In
Explore the Book, vol. 2.
Burney, C. F. The Book of Judges.
Cook, G. A. The Book of Judges. The
Cambridge Bible for Schools and
Colleges.
Moore, George F. A Critical and Exegetical

Commentary on Judges. The International
Critical Commentary.
Watson, Robert Addison. Judges and Ruth.
The Expositor’s Bible.


10
Ruth: Kinsman-Redeemer Gives Rest

The short story of Ruth is one of the
beautiful love stories of the Bible. Boaz, a
type of Christ the Redeemer, woos and
marries Ruth, a type of Christ’s Church. The
events took place “in the days when the
judges governed” (1:1). In chapter 9 it was
shown that the period of judges, extending
from about 1375 to 1050 B.C., was mainly
one of apostasy, unrest, wars, and
judgments. But there were temporary
periods of deliverance and peace from the
harassments of the enemies. The book of
Ruth relates one of the stories of the
brighter years, reminding us—among other
things—that all was not black darkness
during those years.


This account of a godly family from
Bethlehem reveals something of God’s
mysterious and wonderful ways of sovereign

grace in ful lling His divine purposes
through a believing remnant. G. T. Manley
comments:
The absence of any reference to the
“shield, the sword and the battle,” the
atmosphere of simple piety that
pervades the story, the sense
throughout
of
an
overruling
providence, and the setting in that
quiet corner of Judah all conspire to
remind us that the story comes straight
from the heart of that Hebrew
consciousness of divine destiny which
was later to reach so glorious a
fulfilment.10

The chief purpose of the book is to be
found in the genealogical table at the end