TY - MANSCPT AU - Oeste,Gordon K. TI - Legitimacy, illegitimacy, and the right to rule: windows on Abimelech's rise and demise in Judges 9 SN - 9780567110626 (pbk) AV - BS580.A26 O37 2011 U1 - 222/.3206 22 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - T&T Clark International KW - Abimelech KW - Bible KW - Judges, IX KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Jews KW - Kings and rulers N1 - Revision of the author's doctoral dissertation (University of St. Michael's College, 2008); Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-253) and indexes; Looking at Judges 9 through multiple sight lines -- Approaches to Abimelech and Judges 9 -- Narrative analysis of Judges 9 -- Reading the rhetoric of Judges 9 -- The social world(s) of Judges 9 ER -