Bibliograph

Reading Ruth, birth, redemption, and the way of Israel, Leon Kass, Hannah Mandelbaum

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Reading Ruth, birth, redemption, and the way of Israel, Leon Kass, Hannah Mandelbaum

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Reading Ruth

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1201226111

Responsibility statement

Leon Kass, Hannah Mandelbaum

Sub title

birth, redemption, and the way of Israel

Summary

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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