I would first like to say this is an excellent survey. I will give three reasons why it was helpful:

1. It is very well written.
2. Very informative and comprehensive.
3. Includes study questions.

1. IT IS VERY WELL WRITTEN

I've read alot of books; some being very dry, but this is not one of them. What I particularly enjoyed about this book is that it gave a survey of the end-times at a premillinial viewpoint RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING. If you where like me and didn't know alot about the end times and got all confused about the sequence of events and terms this beginning chapter gives a survey of terms and events and then, in the proceeding chapters gives a more in-depth survey of the end time events.

2. VERY IMFORMATIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE

While you read through the book and you're asking yourself different questions about the end-time events Wood anticipates them and addresses them. He doesn't assume that you already know something, he clarifies terms & events, and how it all fit's in to the over-all plan.

3. INCLUDES STUDY QUESTIONS

This was particularly helpful. The end of each chapter includes 19 study questions that add to the value of the book. The questions included are RELIVENT, and help you apprehend, understand, and remember the material.

CONCLUSION

This book does its job for giving an excellent, biblically accurate survey (among many other things) of end-time's events at a premillenial vantage point.

Leon Wood has written an ideal commentary on Judges. It is solidly conservative, scholarly but not tedious or trivial, and thorough.

It's emphasis is interpretation of the text, not preaching material. Wood interprets objectively and with reason, always with reverence for the Word of God. Like most thorough commentaries, this is a reference book and not intended for popular reading, though understandable by serious laymen. Highly recommended.

We had to read this book for our Survey of Israel's History class in Bible college. It does what it says; it provides an overview of the history of the nation of Israel from her foundation to the inter-testamental period. Both Wood, the original writer, and the editor for the revised edition, were theologically orthodox evangelical/fundamental folks who believed in verbal, plenary inspiration, and this true presupposition is demonstrated in their view of the history of God's chosen nation. Their commitment to Biblcial truth is demonstrated, for example, in their dating of the Exodus to the 1400's B. C., which accords with Biblical data correctly interpreted (and also fits the facts of history, as he demonstrates) while most of those who wish to have greater acceptability in the unconverted world opt for a 1200's date. Modernistic ideas about Israel's history, such as JEDP, alleged inaccuracies with archeological data, etc. are dealt with and refuted. Overall, it provides a fine introduction to its topic and is well worth the time of a reader. I did not give it five stars, not because it is not a fine book, but because it is not absolutely outstanding and one of a kind, which is presumably what five stars is for; in other reviews that I have read it seems that the entire spectrum of five stars is not much used, with the great majority of the books receiving either four or five stars. So, what I mean with my rating is that it is a very good book, but not absolutely field-determinative. Also, as a KJV/TR only fundamental Baptist, I disagree with their views on preservation and upon other details, but no book is perfect. Overall, despite these problems, it is a fine work.