Gordon Oeste is the Associate Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Heritage Theological Seminary, Cambridge, Ontario.

…a refreshing and valuable contribution to the study of the story of Abimelech. Indeed, the time may come when O[este]’s book will be counted among the seminal publications that paved the way toward recovering a measure of consistency in the political agenda of Judges.

• Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 - Looking at Judges 9 Through Multiple Sight Lines; Chapter 2 - Approaches to Abimelech and Judges 9; Chapter 3 - Narrative Analysis of Judges 9; Chapter 4 - Reading the Rhetoric of Judges 9; Chapter 5 - The Social World(s) of Judges 9; Chapter 6 - Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Gordon Oeste is the Associate Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Heritage Theological Seminary, Cambridge, Ontario.

…a refreshing and valuable contribution to the study of the story of Abimelech. Indeed, the time may come when O[este]’s book will be counted among the seminal publications that paved the way toward recovering a measure of consistency in the political agenda of Judges.

• Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 - Looking at Judges 9 Through Multiple Sight Lines; Chapter 2 - Approaches to Abimelech and Judges 9; Chapter 3 - Narrative Analysis of Judges 9; Chapter 4 - Reading the Rhetoric of Judges 9; Chapter 5 - The Social World(s) of Judges 9; Chapter 6 - Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Gordon Oeste is the Associate Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew at Heritage Theological Seminary, Cambridge, Ontario.

…a refreshing and valuable contribution to the study of the story of Abimelech. Indeed, the time may come when O[este]’s book will be counted among the seminal publications that paved the way toward recovering a measure of consistency in the political agenda of Judges.

• Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 - Looking at Judges 9 Through Multiple Sight Lines; Chapter 2 - Approaches to Abimelech and Judges 9; Chapter 3 - Narrative Analysis of Judges 9; Chapter 4 - Reading the Rhetoric of Judges 9; Chapter 5 - The Social World(s) of Judges 9; Chapter 6 - Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.