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Ruth : a continental commentary / Andre Lacocque ; translated by K.C. Hanson.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Publication details: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Fortress Press, (c)2004.Description: xix, 187 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780800695156
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BS1315 .R884 2004
  • BS1315
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Contents:
Overview -- Textual criticism -- Style -- Literary criticism -- Canonicity -- Date -- Social environment -- Theology -- Ruth 1:1-22 -- Exile and death in Moab -- The return to Judah -- Ruth's great return/reversal -- Ruth 2:1-23 -- Gleaning in the field of Boaz -- Ruth reports to Naomi -- Ruth 3:1-18 -- Naomi's strategy -- The seduction scene -- Ruth reports to Naomi -- Ruth 4:1-22 -- The court session -- Boaz's dangerous gambit -- Marriage and birth -- Genealogy -- Conclusion.
Review: "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 hesed (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."--BOOK JACKET.
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Reference (Library Use ONLY) G. Allen Fleece Library COMMENTARY RES BS1315.C668 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) RUTH Available CONTINETAL COMMENTARIES 31923002035869

Introduction -- Overview -- Textual criticism -- Style -- Literary criticism -- Canonicity -- Date -- Social environment -- Theology -- Ruth 1:1-22 -- Exile and death in Moab -- The return to Judah -- Ruth's great return/reversal -- Ruth 2:1-23 -- Gleaning in the field of Boaz -- Ruth reports to Naomi -- Ruth 3:1-18 -- Naomi's strategy -- The seduction scene -- Ruth reports to Naomi -- Ruth 4:1-22 -- The court session -- Boaz's dangerous gambit -- Marriage and birth -- Genealogy -- Conclusion.

"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 hesed (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."--BOOK JACKET.

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