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A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Ruth is unavailable, but you can change that!

Lange’s Commentary on the Holy Scriptures has served as a standard reference for more than a century. The subtitle “Critical, Doctrinal, and Homiletical” aptly describes the three-pronged approach to the biblical text. This translated version of the German text is often considered by many to be superior to the original.

this beautiful revolution? The love of Ruth which seeks not her own, the faithfulness of Naomi which deserved such love. The understanding of what chap. 3 relates will be chiefly facilitated by a comparison with the beginning of chap. 2. While the women are in distress, it is Ruth who takes the initiative; now, when hope grows large, it is Naomi. When hardship was to be endured, the mother submitted her will to the daughter,—for Ruth was not sent to glean, she went of her own accord; now, when the
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