Judges 4 & 5 Exegesis Project One The second book of History, the Judges, is an Old Testament book that, in chapter 4, narrates the story of Deborah, the prophetess who contributed significantly to the defeat of the Canaanite army. Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 involve the same events, but they do contain slight variances and they are written using different methods. Although the author is thought to be unknown, it remains a question of whether or not they were written by the same person, or if chapter 5 had been written after reading chapter 4. Regardless, they both share a very similar story, one in prose (chapter 4) and one in poetry form (chapter 5, also known as the Song of Deborah.) Since the time of the Judges was thought to be written from 1375 to 1050 B.C. and with the political and religious unrest, God’s servants were still portrayed as being imperfect. This could be interpreted to show how severe the conditions were and that it was impossible to be “perfect,” or perhaps it could show that God is capable of pulling through in hard times and good things can happen. The lack of Godly control (in Canaan before the battle of Mount Tabor) also further proves the intended image of God’s strength to those who serve him, and the destruction of a nation to those who do not. There are words and titles that are printed differently in the text and cause confusion between the relation and links between the two chapters. For example, Judges 4 states that Jael dug the tent peg into his temple after she covered him up and he was resting on the floor, where Judges 5 never states him lying down, and it talks about how she had put in a lot of effort to crush his skull and the dramatic fall he took. Whether the implied meaning behind the text is being ...