About this episode
This episode discusses the troubling narrative in Judges where Israel experiences a moral decline and the absence of God.
At this point in the narrative of Judges, the Lord is surprisingly absent from the life of Israel. It seems like nobody knows how any of this covenant stuff works, even in the slightest. It becomes so bad that a Levite is involved in a scenario almost identical to that of Sodom & Gomorrah, only this time, those who are intent on sexually assaulting the town’s visitors are successful because the Levite betrays his concubine. Though he is not supposed to touch a dead body, he then mutilates her corpse just to make a point. Time and again the author captures this darkness by stating that there was “no king in Israel” for Israel had rejected their Lord.
People in this episode
Host: John Ross
Topics covered
- Judges
- Israel's history
- covenant
- betrayal
- darkness
- absence of God
Keywords
- Judges
- Israel
- Levite
- covenant
- betrayal
- Sodom & Gomorrah
- darkness
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Sodom & Gomorrah
Places: Israel
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