- Where did the Bnai Yisrael go to inquire — and how was the inquiry posed?
- And how was the Divine response forthcoming?
- Is there some “moral message” in the observations by Adoni Bezek as to past, and future?
- What was the symbolism of this type of mutilation?
- Judges 1:8 seems to indicate that, if Jerusalem had any particular significance at a later date, it had no significance at this particular time. Is that a correct assumption?
- How do verses Judges 1:12-15 echo an earlier refrain in the Book of Joshua?
- What is the position of the Keynites among the Judeans?
- There is constant reference to Judah and “Simeon, his brother.” What has become of Reuben (his brother, too)?
- How does Judges 1:21 relate to earlier parts of this particular text insofar as the Jebusites and Jerusalem are concerned?
- Judges 1:26 ascribes the naming of a city as “Luz.” What reference is found to that name in the book of Breyshit” (i.e., Jacob”s “flight”)?
- Verse 28 distinguishes between servitude and conquest. What is the distinction” And how does this relate to the observation elsewhere of “total destruction”?
- Generally would this chapter indicate that the conquest did (or did not) succeed in “dislocating” or “removing” substantial groupings of the residents?
- Indeed, what does Judges 1:34 indicate as to a reversal of roles?
- Would the first chapter of “Judges,” then, indicate that either the Book of Joshua was “being redacted” or that, there might have been an interval between the conclusion of that period and the inception of this particular volume although Judges 1:1 would seem to preclude this possibility?
