Reading Ruth : : Birth, Redemption, and the way of Israel
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Through close reading and responsive commentary, Reading Ruth: Birth, Redemption, and the Way of Israel vivifies this much-loved biblical text, enabling readers to imagine how a widowed woman from an alien nation becomes the ancestress of the greatest Israelite king. As the authors (granddaughter and grandfather) also show, the Book of Ruth is about much more than the Cinderella-like rise of a woman from misery to glory. Ruth's story sheds light on certain enduring questions of human life, and on the Hebrew Bible's answers to those questions: the meaning of national membership and identity; the nature and limits of female friendship, marital love, and familial obligations; the importance of attachment to the land; and, especially, the redemptive powers for human life of childbirth, loving-kindness, and loyal devotion.
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PUBLISHED
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Paul Dry Books, 2021.
Year Published: 2021
Description: 125 pages ; 21 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781589881587
1589881583
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Mandelbaum, Hannah,
SUBJECTS
Bible. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible. -- Commentaries.