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Part II — Joshua to Revelation (1898)
The Book of Judges
The strongest women in the Old Testament and its darkest bargain: Deborah judging Israel and leading its army, Jael's tent-peg, Jephthah's daughter paying with her life for her father's vow — a story the committee refuses to let stand as piety — and the Nazarite Samson undone by Delilah.
Deborah, prophet and judgeJael and SiseraJephthah's daughter sacrificed to a vowSamson and Delilah