Contents: The Structure of the Book of Ruth – Theology in the Book of Ruth – The Narrative’s Employment of Legal Discourse – The Long Way Home: Naomi and Her Daughters-in-Law (1:7-18) – Naomi (and Ruth's) Return to Bethlehem (1:19-22) – Ruth and Boaz's Encounter in the Field (2:1-23) – Ruth and Boaz's Encounter at the Threshing-Floor (3:1-18) – Two Mothers in Bethlehem (4:13-17) – The Lineage of Peretz (4:18-22) – Reading the Story in Light of Winnicott.
Dr. Jonathan Grossman is a faculty member of the Department of Bible at Bar Ilan University. His main field of interest is the Bible as literature. His book Esther: The Outer Narrative and the Hidden Reading was published in 2011.
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