{"product_id":"ruth-a-continental-commentary-9780800695156","title":"Ruth: A Continental Commentary","description":"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 author employed the notion of h.esed (kindness, loyalty, steadfast love), which transcends any national boundaries. LaCocque focuses on redemption and levirate marriage as the two legal issues that recur throughout the text of Ruth. Ruth comes from the despised people of Moab but becomes a model for Israel. Boaz, converted to the model of steadfast love, becomes both redeemer and levir for Ruth and thus fulfills the Torah. In the conclusion to his study, the author sketches some parallels with Jesus' hermeneutics of the Law as well as postmodern problems and solutions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e K. C. Hanson, Andre Lacocque\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fortress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.73h x 6.10w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780800695156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLacocque, Andre:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndre LaCocque\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Chicago Theological Seminary. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThinking Biblically\u003c\/i\u003e (with Paul Ricoeur; 1998), \u003ci\u003eThe Feminine Unconventional\u003c\/i\u003e (Overtures to Biblical Theology; Fortress Press, 1990), and \u003ci\u003eDaniel in His Time\u003c\/i\u003e (1988).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fortress Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40133741412467,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0aae23df-b258-4512-a377-d7b1b9e0b07c.jpg?v=1654176830","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/ruth-a-continental-commentary-9780800695156","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}