The double focus on Gideon's reception within and beyond the HB is successfully maintained throughout and is a valuable contribution to study of Gideon and biblical masculinities.
Kelly J. Murphy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Central Michigan University. She is the co-editor of Apocalypses in Context: Apocalyptic Currents Through History and has published work in Currents in Biblical Research, Journal of the Bible and Its Reception, as well as Bible Odyssey and Religion Dispatches.