Conclusions on Deborah: she was a leader (not priest/king/military leader) but a judge and prophet; she had less leadership than other judges in some ways.
How Women Could and Couldn’t Lead in the Old Testament： Women in Ministry part 3
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Summary conclusions on Deborah
Deborah was a leader — not a priest, not a king/queen, not a military leader, but a judge and prophet. She had less leadership than other judges in some ways (interactions with Barak, didn't lead the military). In her song (Judges 5), she calls herself a 'mother' rather than a leader, though she calls other people leaders in Israel.
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Who Was Judge Deborah Or Barak
The story of Deborah and Barak in the book of Judges has caused many hierarchists to assign the God-given work of judge delivering the people of Israel to Barak while denying that God raised up Deborah as a deliverer. By assigning a calling to Barak that scripture never assigns, it appears that the
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2 Samuel 20:14-23
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Theology
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Judges 4:1-24
Sections: exegesis
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