Gideon of Judges 6–8 was regarded by the "critical school" as a composite narrative, combining Jahwist, Elohist and Deuteronomic sources, with further interpolations and editorial comments of the Second Temple period. Emil Hirsch alleged a historical nucleus in the narrative, reflecting the struggle of the tribe of Manasseh with hostile Bedouins across the Jordan, along with "reminiscences of tribal jealousies on the part of Ephraim" in the early period of Hebrew settlement, later conflated with the religious context of connecting Yahweh with the shrine at Ophrah. The core (Jahwist) narrative consists of Gideon wishing to avenge the death of his brothers,
The True Story of Pocahontas The True Story of Pocahontas The True Story of Pocahontas: the Other Side of History is a book written by Dr. Linwood "Little Bear" Custalow and Angela L. Daniel "Silver Star" for the purpose of publishing the oral history of the Mattaponi tribe and its contents regarding the story of Pocahontas and John Smith. The book is a collection of four hundred years of Mattaponi oral tradition passed down through the tribe’s "quiakros" (priests who dedicated their lives to learning). According to Mattaponi oral history, the story of Pocahontas is a love story between Pocahontas and her father, Wahunseneca (sometimes