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Publisher: Liturgical Press
ISBN: 9780814681077
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 15/07/2017
Width: 15.2 cm
Height: 22.9 cm

This volume, using multiple methods, seeks to bring together the best scholarship and insight-Jewish and Christian, past and present-that has contributed to our understanding and appreciation of the biblical book of Ruth. As a feminist commentary, it is particularly sensitive to issues of relationship and inclusion, power and agency. In addition to the voices of the primary co-authors, Alice Laffey and Mahri Leonard-Fleckman, the volume incorporates and integrates important contributing voices from diverse contemporary social contexts and geographical locations. In sum, the commentary seeks to allow Ruth, Naomi, and Boaz to speak again for the first time.

Contents
 List of Abbreviations   vii
List of Contributors   xi
Foreword “Tell It on the Mountain”—or, “And You Shall Tell Your Daughter [as Well]”   xiii
   Athalya Brenner-Idan
Editor’s Introduction to Wisdom Commentary: “She Is a Breath of the Power of God” (Wis 7:25)   xvii
   Barbara E. Reid, OP
Authors’ Introduction   xxxvii
Acknowledgments   xci
Ruth 1  Finding Alternatives   1
Ruth 2  Gleaning   55
Ruth 3  Searching for Rest   97
Ruth 4  Persevering in Loyalty   129
Afterword   163
Bibliography   165
Index of Scripture References and Other Ancient Writings   177
Index of Subjects   185

Alice L Laffey, Mahri Leonard-Fleckman, Barbara E. Reid

Alice L. Laffey taught the Old Testament for thirty-five years at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, before retiring in May 2016. She is the author of many articles as well as Introduction to the Old Testament: A Feminist Perspective (Fortress, 1988), Appreciating God's Creation through Scripture (Paulist, 1997), The Pentateuch: A Liberation-Critical Reading (Fortress, 1998), and 1-2 Kings in the New Collegeville Bible Commentary series (Liturgical Press, 2012). Mahri Leonard-Fleckman is assistant professor of Hebrew Bible in the Theology Department at Providence College (Providence, RI). She earned her PhD in 2014 from New York University in Hebrew and Judaic Studies, with a focus on Hebrew Bible and ancient Near Eastern Studies. Before coming to Providence College, Leonard-Fleckman was an assistant professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Scranton (Scranton, PA).

-Two scholars--one at the dawn of a fine career, the other at the top of her craft--take up the challenge of decoding the biblical book of Ruth, an ancient text that has yet to divulge all of its secrets despite the many centuries of focused interest. Feminists both but with differing sensibilities and training, they have pooled resources and imagination to successfully produce a commentary in the classic mode, yet one in which all issues are scrutinized through boldly tinted lenses. The result is an engaging, elegant, and insightful contribution that should reward all readers, in and beyond the profession.-Jack M. Sasson, Professor Emeritus, Vanderbilt University