Thanks to these generous donors for making the publication of
this book possible: Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Deutsch.
The latest in the JPS Bible Commentary series, 2011 National
Jewish Book Award Winner, Barbara Dobkin Award in Women's
Studies
The moving story of Ruth, with its themes of loyalty, loving
kindness ("hesed"), and redemption, is one of the great narratives
of the Bible.
Socially, the Israelites were aware of their responsibility to
protect the weak and unprotected among them. Redemption secures the
life of the people as a community, not just as individuals. In this
story, Boaz fills the familial obligation to marry the widow of a
deceased relative who never was able to father children, both to
continue the family line and protect an otherwise vulnerable
woman.
The authors provide a critical, line-by-line commentary of the
biblical text, presented in its original Hebrew, complete with
vocalization and cantillation marks, as well as the 1985 JPS
English translation. The extensive introduction places the book
within its historical, literary, and critical context, discusses
contemporary interpretations of the story of Ruth, and examines its
major motifs and themes, among them: family, marriage and levirate
marriage in biblical and ancient Israel, redemption and
inheritance, hesed, and the book's connection with the Jewish
holiday of Shavuot.
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