The Book of Ruth
Title: The Book of Ruth
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 257 | Pages: 1 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Book of Ruth
Category: /Society & Culture/Religion
Details: Words: 257 | Pages: 1 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Book of Ruth sensitively portrays bonding and devotion between two women. [But also don't miss Book of Judith for a surprising overturning of male/female roles: Judith sneaks into the enemy camps, cuts off the head of Holofernes, the leader of the enemy army, returns and receives a hero's welcome, and then lives out the remainder of her days with her maidservants, rejecting all male suitors]
The final pledge of Ruth to Naomi -
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adopted about the time of Ezra and Nehemiah condemns marriages between Jews and non-Jews - a reflection of the problems and nationalism of post-exilic Judaism. Interestingly Deuteronomy and the book of Nehemiah do not agree as to the details - but both books would exclude King David from the "congregation of the Lord" - because he was within ten generations of a Moabite, and Nehemiah would exclude Jesus of Nazareth!
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The Book of Ruth