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Line 1: {{work}} {{Infobox book The seventh book of [[The Bible (Literature)\|The Bible]].▼ ~~[[Category:~~ \| title = Book of Judges]]▼ \| original title = \| image = \| caption = \| author = \| central theme = \| elevator pitch = The second of the Nevi'im \| genre = \| franchise = The Bible \| preceded by = Book of Exodus \| followed by = Books of Samuel \| publication date = In its current form, sixth century BCE \| source page exists = \| wiki URL = \| wiki name = }} ▲The seventh book of [[~~The Bible (Literature)\|~~The Bible]]. Years after the Israelites settled into Canaan, they are still suffering from foreign attacks and inter-tribal conflicts. Whenever Israel is in trouble, God calls a "Judge" to save them. ''Judges'' is followed by the [[~~Book of Ruth (Literature)\|~~Book of Ruth]]. ---- {{tropelist\|pre=The}} ~~=== This book contains the following tropes ===~~ * [[Arc Words]]: "Israel had no king in those days. Everyone did as he pleased." * [[Badass]]: The Judges Line 15 ⟶ 32: * [[Chosen One]]: The Judges * [[Chronic Villainy]]: The Israelites lapse in their faith whenever God saves them. * [[Crapsack World]] / [[Humans Are ~~Bastards~~the Real Monsters]]: Made alarmingly clear in the stories after Samson. * [[Cycle of Revenge]]: The [[Central Theme]] of Samson. * [[Fat Bastard]]: Eglon. Line 28 ⟶ 45: * [[Rape and Revenge]]: A Levite man gives his concubine to a bunch of horny townsmen to protect his own ass. They [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel\|rape her to death]], and he hacks up her body and distributes the pieces to his buddies to call them to war with the town of Gibeah. * [[Token Girl]]: Deborah is the only female judge; she took the job when no men were willing or able. * [[You Don't Want to Die Aa Virgin, Do You?]]: Due to a poorly thought out promise on the part of her father, Jephthah's daughter cannot marry. A sacrifice in more ways than one, as [[Heir Club for Men\|having descendants was a big deal back then]]. {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Classic Literature~~{{PAGENAME}}]] ▲[[Category:Book of Judges]] [[Category:Literature]] [[Category:Literature of the 6th century BCE]] [[Category:Books of the Bible]] [[Category:Hebrew Literature]]