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The '''Book of Judges''', is the first second of the twelve Historical books and the sixth seventh book from the [[Old Testament]]. The English title, '''Joshua''', comes from the Hebrew ''Yeshua'' and the the Greek ''Iesous'', meaning "the Lord is salvation". Joshua's original name was ''Hoshea'' but Moses changed this name to ''Joshua'' ([[Book of Numbers]] 13:16). This change was prophetic, for it made Joshua a type of [[Jesus Christ]].

Traditionally believed The authorship of the Book of Judges is traditionally attributed to be [[Samuel the Prophet|Samuel]]. Judges (meaning "rulers") was written in Palestine, during his early ministry, three centuries after the entry of the tribes of Israel into Canaan under [[Joshua]]. It covers the events of those centuries.