But when we look at the Jewish canon, we find that the book of Judges is in a section called the Former Prophets, which is a very helpful clue, because this book is written as a prophetic book. It is not written primarily as a historical book. The primary goal of the author was not to help you reconstruct events that happened at this time. His primary goal is to make a theological and prophetic point. That’s an important clue as to how we should read this book. Keep your ears open to the message