Any good commentaries of the book of Judges?

I am doing a paper and teaching my youth group through it right now and I have a few sources that I am using. But I was curious if anyone knew some good sources. Thanks for your help!

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Brandon Addison

Member- Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church
Granger, IN (http://www.michianacovenant.org/)

Attending and serving the youth @- Christ Church Pasadena Pasadena, CA (www.christchurch.la)

That's a good question. I've not found any that I'm completely satisfied with. Right now I'm teaching through Judges on Thursday mornings and I'm using Matthew Henry, the Reformation Bible, and some dispensational thing or two (with LOTS of care), but that's it. I've found it difficult to find anything I like (though I must admit that I haven't gone to tremendous lengths to search).

Then again, it seems to me that Judges doesn't need that much commentary. It exposes apostasy, idolatry and bloodshed to an enormous degree, leading us up to the introduction of Samuel, Saul and David. That seems to be its purpose.

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Kevin Guillory
Pastor
Redeemer Christian Congregation
Baltimore, MD

I don't interpret Scripture. Scripture
interprets itself. And in the process ...
Scripture interprets me!

James Jordan has some good stuff.

I will now go hide before anyone throws rocks at me...

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Kevin Rogers
Sovereign Community Church, PCA
Moncton NB

The best commentary on Judges in undoubtedly that of Daniel Block in the New American Commentary series. He is careful, judicious, and conservative. That being said, the field is incredibly weak. Get the Tyndale volume (by Cundall/Morris), and also the Mastering the Old Testament volume by Jackman. Also, if you don't have Keil/Delitzsch, you should get that.

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Thanks for the reply guys!

I was looking for stuff and couldn't find much! I really appreciate the help.

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Brandon Addison

Member- Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church
Granger, IN (http://www.michianacovenant.org/)

Attending and serving the youth @- Christ Church Pasadena Pasadena, CA (www.christchurch.la)

Keil/Delitzsch! I forgot about that one. Perhaps not the best on Judges, but a good one nonetheless.

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Kevin Guillory
Pastor
Redeemer Christian Congregation
Baltimore, MD

I don't interpret Scripture. Scripture
interprets itself. And in the process ...
Scripture interprets me!

Jordan's commentary on Judges is one of his better things.

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T.E. Wilder
Independent Reformed Church of Maplewood
Oakdale, MN
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I have found either the NIV Application Commentary Series on Judges/Ruth by Zondervan or the Expositor’s Bible Commentary on Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel also by Zondervan to be quite helpful. However, if you are not an NIV fan, then there is always the great Matthew Henry.

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/henry/mhc2.vii.i.html

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Jeff Wyman
Seminarian
Little Farms Chapel OPC, Coopersville, MI
Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI

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Here are some sites – no doubt of a varying quality:
http://www.ibs.org/niv/studybible/print.php?book=judges, http://www.ccel.org/wwsb/Judges/index.html, http://www.monergism.com/thethreshol...ts.html#judges, http://www.foundationsforfreedom.net...00Outline.html
http://www.christianfocus.com/item/show/462/-, http://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/judges.html, http://www.biblecentre.org/commentar..._ot.htm#Judges
http://www.banneroftruth.org/pages/book_result.php

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Independent Reformed Baptist Church (NE England, nr. Durham)

Dale Ralph Davis is great! I love reading his stuff . . do check it out.

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Casey Bessette
Westminster OPC • West Suburbs of Chicago • My Blog: Paradise Regained

"It is part of the calling of the ekklesia to learn to know the love of Christ that surpasses all knowledge and also to make known within the world of science 'the manifold wisdom of God' in order that the final end of theology, as of all things, may be that the name of the Lord is glorified. Theology and dogmatics, too, exist for the Lord's sake." — Herman Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics, vol. 1, p. 46

Ya I have his commentary (Dale Ralph Davis) , its really good! But at the same time I feel that sometimes he does not tackle some of the more difficult areas of Judges.

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Brandon Addison

Member- Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church
Granger, IN (http://www.michianacovenant.org/)

Attending and serving the youth @- Christ Church Pasadena Pasadena, CA (www.christchurch.la)