Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
2024
Titel der Quelle:
מורשת ישראל; כתב-עת ליהדות לציונות ולארץ ישראל
Angaben zur Quelle:
22,1 (תשפד) 29-54
Keywords:
Ruth
;
Naomi
;
Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Women Biblical teaching
Abstract:
Compared to most biblical stories, the Book of Ruth presents a subversive narrative that revolves around two women, while the men are less significant. Female collaboration in the Bible is often dependent on a man and involves tension, competition, and enmity. The Book of Ruth, however, describes an alliance between a mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law, a Judean and a gentile woman. The man – Boaz – is not a subject of hostility, but rather an element that assists in developing and expanding this fellowship between the two. Throughout the book we see the exchange between Naomi and Ruth, through which the reader is introduced to the process of building an interdependent female relationship that eventually leads to their redemption. Ruth is portrayed as a determined, independent woman, as reflected in the beginning of the story in her words to Naomi, which cover all the different components that make up one’s identity: place – “for whither thou goest, I will go”; home – “and where thou lodgest, I will lodge”; people – “thy people shall be my people” ; God – “and thy God my God”; place of burial – “Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried.” Ruth wishes to share these elements with Naomi, even though it means lifelong misery and loneliness as a gentile woman associated with a poor, childless woman. From that point onwards, we witness a collaboration that culminates in the meeting of Ruth and Boaz and brings about their redemption, ultimately leading to the establishment of the Davidic dynasty.
Note:
With an English abstract.
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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