A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Ruth (Biblia.com)

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.

not only from the connecting “and”: “they came to Moab, were there, and Elimelech died” (cf. the Com. on Judg. 1:1), but may also be inferred from the circumstance that the sons did not marry while he was yet living. The death of the father is the beginning of the sad catastrophe; but notwithstanding its occurrence the sons are unwilling to return. On the contrary, they proceed, in violation of the Mosaic law, to take Moabitish wives (cf. Com. on Judg. 3:6 f.). That such marriages fall within the

Page 13

Buy this book at Logos.com