Read Bible Passages JUDGES 4-5.And Deborah appeared. Deborah was a Mother and Judge of Israel. She "held court" under a palm tree and settled disputes between people. She advised Barak (the ...

Deborah hired Barak and commissioned him to raise 10,000 men and engage the enemy forces of Sisera, but, unlike other judges, she was never a military commander or warrior herself, Block insists.

Regarding his calling as a military commander, Barak’s demand of Deborah’s presence on the battlefield most likely results from his youth and inexperience at war. Barak is depicted as a young, heroic ...

So far, the group has uncovered new narrative mosaics including “the first known depiction of the biblical heroines Deborah and Jael as described in the book of Judges,” according to a press ...

To many secular Israelis, Mr. Barak is an icon for trying to keep Israel both Jewish and democratic, while judges outside the country see him as a totem for judicial independence.