
Ruth
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The narrative of the book of Ruth is a drama of ordinary human life, but the drama unfolds against a background of the providence and purposes of God. Katharine Doob Sakenfeld has written a commentary that makes very clear why the book of Ruth has such great importance as literature and as Scripture.
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- Intro
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Series Preface
- Author's Preface
- Contents
- Introduction
- Date and Purpose
- Authorship
- Traditions and Customs Underlying the Story
- Canonical Context
- Theological Themes
- 1. The Peaceable Community
- 2. Examples of Loyal Living
- 3. The Place of God in the Story
- Part One
- From Judah to Moab and Return
- Ruth 1
- 1:1-5 - Prologue
- 1:6-18 - Departure for Bethlehem
- First Speech and Response Cycle (1:6-10)
- Second Speech and Response Cycle (1:11-14)
- Third Speech and Response Cycle (1:15-18)
- 1:19-22 - Arrival in Bethlehem
- Part Two
- Feeding a Family
- Ruth 2
- 2:1-3 - Ruth and Naomi
- Introducing Boaz (2:1)
- Ruth and Naomi (2:2-3)
- 2:4-17 - Boaz and Ruth
- Boaz Inquires about Ruth (2:4-7)
- Boaz Speaks with Ruth (2:8-17)
- 2:18-23 - Ruth and Naomi
- Part Three
- Seeking Security
- Ruth 3
- 3:1-5 - Naomi and Ruth
- 3:6-15 - Ruth and Boaz
- Initiating Contact (3:6-9a)
- Ruth's Words (3:9b)
- Boaz's Reply (3:10-13)
- Departure (3:14-15)
- 3:16-18 - Naomi and Ruth
- Part Four
- The Peaceable Community
- Ruth 4
- 4:1-12 - At the Town Gate
- Assembling the Participants (4:1-2)
- The Transaction (4:3-6)
- Declaration of the Decision (4:7-10)
- Witnessing and Blessing (4:11-12)
- 4:13 - The Household of Boaz
- 4:14-17 - The Women and Naomi
- 4:18-22 - A Longer Genealogy
- Hermeneutical and Theological Postscript
- Bibliography
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