Mercedes L. García Bachmann has a PhD in Old Testament from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC). She taught for almost twenty years at the ecumenical school of theology in Buenos Aires (Isedet). She has one published book, Women at Work in the Deuteronomistic History (SBL, 2013), and several articles and book chapters. Currently she directs the Institute for Contextual Pastoral Studies for the United Evangelical Lutheran Church (Argentina-Uruguay) and teaches online for her alma mater and for other schools.

Contents
List of Abbreviations ix
List of Contributors xi
Foreword "Tell It on the Mountain"-or, "And You Shall Tell Your Daughter [as Well]" xv
Athalya Brenner-Idan
Editor's Introduction to Wisdom Commentary: "She Is a Breath of the Power of God" (Wis 7:25) xix
Barbara E. Reid, OP
Author's Introduction xxxix
Judges 1:1-3:31 Beginnings of a Stormy Venture 1
Judges 4:1-5:31 Deborah: A Female Prophet Who Judged Israel 41
Judges 6:1-9:57 Gideon the Abiezrite and His Progeny 85
Judges 10:1-12:15 Other Judges, Other Stories 113
Judges 13:1-16:31 Samson the Danite 153
Judges 17:1-18:31 Does "Every Man Did What He Thought Right" Mean Everyone? 195
Judges 19:1-21:25 The Apotheosis of Gendered Violence 211
Closing Judges: A Final Reflection 245
Works Cited 249
Index of Scripture References and Other Ancient Writings 265
Index of Subjects 271