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INTRODUCTION

In introduction, a wide opening statement gradually becomes narrower. The opening statement or paragraph is general, then supporting statements or paragraphs make less general points and lead to the specific topic, which is stated in the thesis statement. Here is an example:

The period of Judges signified a time of transition between Palestine ruled by independent Canaanite city-states under the control of Egypt, and a stage under the sole rule of an Israelite king.[footnoteRef:1] As Egypt was weakened by war and economic problems, the Canaanite system of government broke down. This period is placed in Iron Age I, following the exodus and conquest of Canaan at the close of the Late Bronze Age.[footnoteRef:2] It is one of the most poorly documented periods of the ancient near east.[footnoteRef:3] Records of this period are fragmentary, and at best only a general picture of Israel’s cities can be developed.[footnoteRef:4] [1: Doris A. Freese, "The Church’s Educational Ministry," in Christian Education: Foundations for the Future, ed. by Robert E. Clark (Chicago: Moody Press, 1991), 399. ] [2: Keith N. Schoville, Biblical Archaeology in Focus (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1978), 46. ] [3: Ibid., 22.] [4: James B. Pritchard, ed., The Harper Atlas of the Bible (New York: Harper and Row, 1987), 68. ]

The purpose of this paper is to present a general overview of the Israelite city and society as seen in the period of the Judges, and to examine in greater detail four of the major cities: Hazor, Beersheba, Jericho, and the Philistine Pentapolis (Ashdod, Ashkelon, Ekron, Gath, and Gaza). Discussion will include the biblical significance of each city during that period, along with problems that arise from conflicting archaeological evidence and biblical records.