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 Tribe (1999 TV series) without adults any more. Therefore a season 6 was never filmed but was instead made into a book called "The Tribe A New Dawn". As a result, the show was cancelled. Channel 5 aired the final two episodes on 6 September 2003. A sequel to "The Tribe", "The New Tomorrow", was produced by Cloud 9 and Channel 5 and aired in 2005. It was aimed at a younger audience, 8 to 12-year olds, and told the story of descendants from the original series with a new cast. Discussion which led to the creation of the series began when Raymond Thompson,