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Ruth: A Continental Commentary
Contributor(s): Lacocque, Andre (Author), Hanson, K. C. (Translator)
ISBN: 0800695151     ISBN-13: 9780800695156
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
OUR PRICE:   $37.05  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: December 2004
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Annotation: 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.
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Biblical Commentary - Old Testament - General
Dewey: 222.350
LCCN: 2004018130
Series: Continental Commentaries
Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6.1" W x 9.73" (1.01 lbs) 187 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Academic
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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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.