9 Series Introduction 13 General Editor’s Preface 15 Author’s Preface 17 Abbreviations 21 Introduction to Judges 49 Outline of Judges 50 Bibliography on Judges 59 Text and Commentary on Judges 389 Introduction to Ruth 405 Outline of Ruth 406 Bibliography on Ruth 411 Text and Commentary on Ruth 492 Scripture Index 503 Subject Index 506 Author Index
K. Lawson Younger, Jr. (PhD, University of Sheffield) is professor of Old Testament, Semitic languages, and ancient near eastern history at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He is the author, associate editor, and coeditor of several books, and has contributed to numerous collections of essays, dictionaries adn periodicals.
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