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Medieval Exegesis in Translation

Commentaries on the Book of Ruth

Lesley Smith author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Medieval Institute Publications

Published:1st Jan '97

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This book brings together and translates from the medieval Latin a series of commentaries on the biblical book of Ruth, with the intention of introducing readers to medieval exegesis or biblical interpretation. . . . Ruth is the shortest book of the Old Testament, being only four chapters long. It is partly for this reason that it lends itself so well to a short book introducing medieval exegesis; but it is also of interest in itself. Ruth poses a number of exegetical problems, including the basic one of why such an odd book, in which God never appears as an actor, and with a central character who was not an Israelite but a Moabite outsider, and a woman at that, should find a place in the canon of Scripture.

ISBN: 9781879288683

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 255g

90 pages