Jesus’ true identity for a generation of Christians in the latter half of the first century. Unfortunately, Judges does not provide a clear purpose statement like John’s Gospel does—which may be another one of the book’s puzzles. However, the underlying composition principle is the same: Many events in the settlement period do not appear in Judges, and the things that do appear are included for a purpose. As we will see in detail in later chapters of this book, the author of Judges thoughtfully and