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Judges 6-9 - Will the Real Gideon Please Stand Up? Narrative Style and Intention

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  • Daniel I. Block

In this essay Block reflects on the way Gideon is portrayed in Judges 6-Judges 9. Gideon's real name is Jerubbaal. The god after whom he was named took up the challenge proposed by Joash in Judges 6:31–32.

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There is a difference between fearing God, and being afraid of God; the Godly fear God as a child does his father, the wicked are afraid of God as the prisoner is of a judge. Thomas Watson
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