Charles L. Echols, Ph.D., is a life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge, and has research interests in the early history and religion of Israel.He lives in Stapleford, Cambridgeshire with his wife and daughter.

Reviewed in Religious Studies Review, Vol. 36, No. 2, June 2010 (UK) ‘An interesting re-examination of old issues in an attempt to pin down answers to still unanswered questions about the Song of Deborah'

• PrefaceAbbreviationsPart 1 - ProlegomenaChapter I - IntroductionA. IntroductionB. The Date of the Song of DeborahChapter II - Annotated Translation of the Song of DeborahChapter III - The Unity of the SongA. The Case for the Unity of the SongB. The Case Against the Unity of the SongC. ConclusionChapter IV - The Portrayal of God in the Song of DeborahA. IntroductionB. The Original Song of DeborahC. The Contrast with Judges 4D. The Contrast with Other Early Hebrew Poetry1. The Song of the Sea (Exod 15.1b-18)2. 2 Sam 22 = Ps 183. Habakkuk 3E. ConclusionChapter V - Attempts to Reassert the Prominence of God in the Song of DeborahA. IntroductionB. The Arguments of Hauser and O'ConnellC. Yahweh and the Stars (v. 20)D. Mythological InterpretationsE. ConclusionPart 2 - The Original Song of Deborah in the Light of Heroic PoetryChapter VI - The Original Song and Heroic Poetry (Especially Heroic Narrative Poetry)A. The Central Characteristics of Heroic PoetryB. Determining the Boundaries of the Heroic GenreC. Ancient Near Eastern Literature and Heroic PoetryD. ConclusionChapter VII - The Original Song and Lyric GenresA. Subgenres which are Clearly IrrelevantB. Subgenres with Limited or Qualified RelevanceC. Candidates for Comparison with the SongD. ConclusionChapter VIII - The Original Song as a Heroic Victory SongA. IntroductionB. Heroic Features in the SongC. Possible Non-Heroic Features in the SongD. ConclusionE. Excursus: The Contribution of the Heroic Dimension to the Victory Song in the Old TestamentChapter IX - ConclusionBibliographyIndex of Authors

Charles L. Echols, Ph.D., is a life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge, and has research interests in the early history and religion of Israel.He lives in Stapleford, Cambridgeshire with his wife and daughter.

Reviewed in Religious Studies Review, Vol. 36, No. 2, June 2010 (UK) ‘An interesting re-examination of old issues in an attempt to pin down answers to still unanswered questions about the Song of Deborah'

• PrefaceAbbreviationsPart 1 - ProlegomenaChapter I - IntroductionA. IntroductionB. The Date of the Song of DeborahChapter II - Annotated Translation of the Song of DeborahChapter III - The Unity of the SongA. The Case for the Unity of the SongB. The Case Against the Unity of the SongC. ConclusionChapter IV - The Portrayal of God in the Song of DeborahA. IntroductionB. The Original Song of DeborahC. The Contrast with Judges 4D. The Contrast with Other Early Hebrew Poetry1. The Song of the Sea (Exod 15.1b-18)2. 2 Sam 22 = Ps 183. Habakkuk 3E. ConclusionChapter V - Attempts to Reassert the Prominence of God in the Song of DeborahA. IntroductionB. The Arguments of Hauser and O'ConnellC. Yahweh and the Stars (v. 20)D. Mythological InterpretationsE. ConclusionPart 2 - The Original Song of Deborah in the Light of Heroic PoetryChapter VI - The Original Song and Heroic Poetry (Especially Heroic Narrative Poetry)A. The Central Characteristics of Heroic PoetryB. Determining the Boundaries of the Heroic GenreC. Ancient Near Eastern Literature and Heroic PoetryD. ConclusionChapter VII - The Original Song and Lyric GenresA. Subgenres which are Clearly IrrelevantB. Subgenres with Limited or Qualified RelevanceC. Candidates for Comparison with the SongD. ConclusionChapter VIII - The Original Song as a Heroic Victory SongA. IntroductionB. Heroic Features in the SongC. Possible Non-Heroic Features in the SongD. ConclusionE. Excursus: The Contribution of the Heroic Dimension to the Victory Song in the Old TestamentChapter IX - ConclusionBibliographyIndex of Authors

Charles L. Echols, Ph.D., is a life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge, and has research interests in the early history and religion of Israel.He lives in Stapleford, Cambridgeshire with his wife and daughter.

Reviewed in Religious Studies Review, Vol. 36, No. 2, June 2010 (UK) ‘An interesting re-examination of old issues in an attempt to pin down answers to still unanswered questions about the Song of Deborah'

• PrefaceAbbreviationsPart 1 - ProlegomenaChapter I - IntroductionA. IntroductionB. The Date of the Song of DeborahChapter II - Annotated Translation of the Song of DeborahChapter III - The Unity of the SongA. The Case for the Unity of the SongB. The Case Against the Unity of the SongC. ConclusionChapter IV - The Portrayal of God in the Song of DeborahA. IntroductionB. The Original Song of DeborahC. The Contrast with Judges 4D. The Contrast with Other Early Hebrew Poetry1. The Song of the Sea (Exod 15.1b-18)2. 2 Sam 22 = Ps 183. Habakkuk 3E. ConclusionChapter V - Attempts to Reassert the Prominence of God in the Song of DeborahA. IntroductionB. The Arguments of Hauser and O'ConnellC. Yahweh and the Stars (v. 20)D. Mythological InterpretationsE. ConclusionPart 2 - The Original Song of Deborah in the Light of Heroic PoetryChapter VI - The Original Song and Heroic Poetry (Especially Heroic Narrative Poetry)A. The Central Characteristics of Heroic PoetryB. Determining the Boundaries of the Heroic GenreC. Ancient Near Eastern Literature and Heroic PoetryD. ConclusionChapter VII - The Original Song and Lyric GenresA. Subgenres which are Clearly IrrelevantB. Subgenres with Limited or Qualified RelevanceC. Candidates for Comparison with the SongD. ConclusionChapter VIII - The Original Song as a Heroic Victory SongA. IntroductionB. Heroic Features in the SongC. Possible Non-Heroic Features in the SongD. ConclusionE. Excursus: The Contribution of the Heroic Dimension to the Victory Song in the Old TestamentChapter IX - ConclusionBibliographyIndex of Authors