Judges in the time of the Old Testament were both legal and political. During the time of Moses, the elders of the tribes acted as judges in settling disputes. Samuel and his sons were circuit-riding judges, traveling to different towns to act as judge.
After years of wandering, the sinful generation (except for Joshua and Caleb) had died out, Moses had passed the torch of leadership
The Bible has five “poetry” books: Job (yup, Job is considered poetry, as well as wisdom literature), Psalms,
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon (which is one of the most explicit love poems ever
written!). Poetry is just one of the forms of literature in the Bible. There is a flow-chart in the Joshua, Part 2
blog that shows some of
