Judge-to-be Gideon, a resistance fighter under oppression by a foreign army, is visited by a divine messenger. Gideon has some pretty direct questions for his angelic visitor, and remains somewhat unconvinced that his commissioning as a deliverer of his people is in fact legit.

Books:

1. Tammi Schneider. Judges. Berit Olam: Studies in Hebrew Narrative and Poetry. David Cotter, ed. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2000.

2. Trent Butlet. Judges. Word Biblical Commentary. Bruce Metzger, ed. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2009.

3. Samuel Meier. "Angel." In Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible. 2nd ed. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 1999.

Artwork:

Hendrik Heerschop. "The Sacrifice of Gideon." 1653.