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Ruth

Continental Commentaries
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This volume provides a readable introduction to the narrative book of Ruth appropriate for the student, pastor, and scholar. LaCocque combines historical, literary, feminist, and liberationist approaches in an engaging synthesis. He argues that the book was written in the post-exilic period and that the author was a woman. Countering the fears and xenophobia of many in Jerusalem, the biblical author employed the notion of h.esed (kindness, loyalty, steadfast love), which transcends any national boundaries. LaCocque focuses on redemption and levirate marriage as the two legal issues that recur throughout the text of Ruth. Ruth comes from the despised people of Moab but becomes a model for Israel. Boaz, converted to the model of steadfast love, becomes both redeemer and levir for Ruth and thus fulfills the Torah. In the conclusion to his study, the author sketches some parallels with Jesus' hermeneutics of the Law as well as postmodern problems and solutions.
K. C. Hanson has taught biblical studies at Episcopal Theological School and the School of Theology at Claremont, Creighton University, and St. Olaf College. He is author of numerous scholarly articles and two volumes in the Proclamation series. His published works include Palestine in the Time of Jesus: Social Structures and Social Conflicts (Fortress Press, 1998). Andre LaCocque is Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Chicago Theological Seminary. He is the author of Thinking Biblically (with Paul Ricoeur; 1998), The Feminine Unconventional (Overtures to Biblical Theology; Fortress Press, 1990), and Daniel in His Time (1988).
Dedication Abbrevations Editor's Foreword Preface Translator's Note Introduction Overview Textual Criticism Style Literary Criticism Canonicity Date Social Environment Theology Ruth 1:1-22 Exile and Death in Moab (1:1-5) The Return to Judah (1:6-15) Ruth's Great Return/Reversal (1:16-18) Ruth 2:1-23 Gleaning in the Field of Boaz (2:1-17) Ruth Reports to Naomo (2:18-23) Ruth 3:1-18 Naomi's Strategy (3:1-5) The Seduction Scene (3:6-15) Ruth Reports to Naomi (3:16-18) Ruth 4:1-22 The Court Session (4:1-4) Boaz's Dangerous Gambit (4:5-12) Marriage and Birth (4:13-17) Genealogy (4:18-22) Conclusion Bibliography Scripture Index Index of Names
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