Excerpt from The Century Bible, a Modern Commentary: Judges and RuthThe object of this commentary is not to evolve historical or religious teaching'from the books treated. That should be the final object, of'every thoughtful reader. The special work Of the editor is to Show what material is available for such a purpose, how it arose and how it has fared in the course of its trans mission. For those who would study these things more in detail, this little book lrnay serve as an ihtro duction to the fuller orks cited under Izteratzm'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.