Deborah judges

• Deborah (a prophetess and judge in Israel)

• Start — Judges 4:4. The year Deborah (a prophetess and judge in Israel) began to judge is the year Shamgar's oppression began (2749) + 10 years = 2759
• End — Judges 5:3. The year Deborah (a prophetess and judge in Israel) ceased to judge Israel is the year she began to judge (2759) + the years she judged (40) = 2799

START:*HYPOTHESIS: The year Deborah began to judge is the year Shamgar's time as judge ended. [Shulman date p83] [Ussher date p53] END:*HYPOTHESIS: Deborah judged Israel throughout the 40-year period the land was undisturbed. [Shulman date p83]

Years are anno hominis — counted from Creation as year 1 — which is the frame the source computes in. The arithmetic behind each boundary is given above rather than assumed.