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He notes that "all the elders of my town know what a fine woman you are" (3:11 NJPS). However, Boaz advises her that she has a male relative closer than he. Ruth remains in submission at his feet until she returns to the city in the morning. Early that morning, Boaz goes to the city gate to meet with the other male relative before the town elders.
Ruth particularly is pointed out as being modest and of exemplary manners. [6] In its interpretation of 3:3, the midrash shows the necessity of honoring Shabbat by wearing special garments. In 3:13 there is a version of the story of Elisha ben Abuyah, the main source of which is Hagigah 14b.
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The story of Ruth as told in the Book of Ruth was likely written in Hebrew during the Persian period (550–330 BCE). [3] [4] Scholars generally consider the book to be a work of historical fiction, [5] [6] while evangelical scholars hold that it is a historical narrative written in the form of a short story. [7]
Phyllis Trible (born October 25, 1932) is a feminist biblical scholar from Richmond, Virginia, United States. [1] Trible's scholarship focuses on the Hebrew Bible and she is noted for her prominent influence on feminist biblical interpretation. [2]
Ruth expresses her commitment with the phrase, "Whither thou goest, I will go." [1] [2] Ruth first occurs as a given name in Europe and the British Isles at the time of the Protestant Reformation, prior to which the occurrence of Biblical names—unless borne by saints—was unusual among non-Jews. [3]
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In Judaism, bible hermeneutics notably uses midrash, a Jewish method of interpreting the Hebrew Bible and the rules which structure the Jewish laws. [1] The early allegorizing trait in the interpretation of the Hebrew Bible figures prominently in the massive oeuvre of a prominent Hellenized Jew of Alexandria, Philo Judaeus, whose allegorical reading of the Septuagint synthesized the ...