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This volume provides a readable introduction to the narrative book of Ruth appropriate for the student, pastor, and scholar. LaCocque combines historical, literary, feminist, and liberationist approaches in an engaging synthesis. He argues that the book was written in the post-exilic period and that the author was a woman. Countering the fears and xenophobia of many in Jerusalem, the biblical...

The text is generally well preserved; but it is necessary to employ textual criticism regarding vv. 4* and 5*. The story ends on a harmonious note. A new era begins. At any rate, such is the imagination of the author. Her thesis is that only love (חסד) triumphs, so only the generous interpretation of the Torah prevails over meticulous but narrow observation; then all hope is allowed. Even a member of a cursed people could become the mother of a messianic king. The society is transfigured. It welcomes
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