Nevi’im (JPSA) 07: Judges: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Nevi’im (JPSA) 07: Judges, credited to Jewish Publication Society of America, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Nevi’im (JPSA) 07: Judges by Jewish Publication Society of America. Read in English by volunteer readers. The Book of Judges (Shoftim) is the second of the former prophets within Nevi’im. The book of Judges covers the time between the conquest described in the Book of Joshua and the establishment of a kingdom in the Books of Samuel, during which Biblical judges served as temporary leaders. Judges, tell of the struggle of the people to possess the land. When the people are unfaithful, G_d delivers them into the hands of their enemies; once the people repent, mercy is given, a Judge delivers them from oppression until the cycle repeats. Judges concludes with two appendices (17:1–21:25), giving two stories set in the time of the Judges, but not discussing the Judges themselves. - Summary by Wikipedia and Linette Geisel

Recording facts

• Recording title: Nevi’im (JPSA) 07: Judges
• Author credits: Jewish Publication Society of America
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 8
• Listed recording duration: 2:05:06

Catalogue topics

• judges
• Samson
• Deborah
• Gideon
• abimelech
• othniel
• ehud
• shamgar

Track guide

1. 01 - Summary of the book of Joshua and introduction to Judges (Chapters 1-2) — 10:17
2. 02 - Othniel, Ehud, the minor judge Shamgar, and prophetess Deborah (Chapters 3-5) — 14:44
3. 03 - Gideon (Chapters 6-8) — 21:45
4. 04 - King Abimelech and minor judges Tola and Jair (Chapters 9-10) — 16:07
5. 05 - Jephthah and minor judges Ibzan, Elon, and Abdon (Chapters 11-12) — 10:21
6. 06 - Samson (Chapters 13-16) — 20:01
7. 07 - Michah’s Idol, how the tribe of Dan conquers its territory in the north (Chapters 17-18) — 8:59
8. 08 - Battle of Gibeah, a war between Benjamin and the other tribes (Chapters 19-21) — 22:52

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