Ruth: A New Translation with Introduction, Notes, and CommentaryThe Anchor Bible Commentary is the collaborative effort of Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish scholars from around the world. |
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ancient appears Aramaic archaic assonance attested audience barley Bethlehem Bible biblical blessing Boaz Book of Ruth chapter Chron city gate clause Commentaire covenant custom David Deut Deuteronomy Elimelek ephah Ephrathites episode Exod feminine final Genesis Gerleman glean Greek harvest Hebrew text hesed Hezron idiom inclusio indicate Israel Israelite Joüon Judah Judg Kings levirate marriage literally Lucianic LXX manuscripts LXX tradition LXX witnesses LXXB LXXL Masoretic meaning MLLF Moab Moabite Moabitess mother-in-law Myers Naomi noun nuance occurs Orpah parallel passages plural poetic preposition probably proposed prose Psalms question Qumran Rahlfs reading recension redeemer responsibility root Rudolph Ruth story Ruth's scene second NOTE sense shoe simply spelling story-teller story-teller's style suggest syntax Syriac Targum term Testament things threshing floor tion translation Ugaritic verb verse versions Vulgate widow woman women Yahweh