Judaism: Weekly Bible Class: Judges Chap. 4
Published: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 2:00 AM
" The People of Israel Striving for Leadership" is an apt description of the period of the Judges, when after the death of Joshua, the Israelites found themselves divided into tribes and lacking a central leader, with enemies at every turn.
Yehudah Glick
The writer is Director of Overseas Programming of Yeshivat Otniel, where he studied when it was established over 25 years ago and has an M.A. degree from Touro College. He made Aliyah to Israel with his family in 1974, is chairman of the Temple Mount Heritage Foundation.The Temple Heritage Institute is happy to invite you to join us with this new weekly series of teachings of the Book of Judges, now that we have completed the Book of Joshua on Arutz Sheva.
Ther period of the Judges was one of ups and downs in the settling of the Promised Land. It contains the stories of Gideon, Samson, Jepthah and Deborah, as well as other lesser known figures.
This week we are studying Judges chapter 4 dealing with Devorah and Barak, entitled:
" Initiative or Indifference"