TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kass,Leon
AU  - Mandelbaum,Hannah
TI  - Reading Ruth: birth, redemption, and the way of Israel 
SN  - 9781589881587
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PB  - Paul Dry Books
KW  - Bible
KW  - Ruth
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Commentaries
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - 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
ER  -