Ruth
Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching
1st Edition
Published on 15. December 2011
114 pages
978-1-61164-932-1 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching is a distinctive resource for those who interpret the Bible in the church. Planned and written specifically for teaching and preaching needs, this critically acclaimed biblical commentary is a major contribution to scholarship and ministry.
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12/2011
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S.
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Katharine Doob Sakenfeld is William Albright Eisenberger Professor of Old Testament Literature and Exegesis and Director of Doctoral Studies at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. She is the author of Just Wives? Stories of Power and Survival in the Old Testament and Today and Ruth in the esteemed Interpretation commentary series, both published by WJK.
Content
- 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
