Constructing a historical context for the Ruth novelette : dovetailing the views of J.A. Loader and R. Albertz
Old Testament scholars date the Ruth novelette either to the monarchic period or to the post-exilic period. Both Rainer Albertz and James Alfred Loader wrote articles on the book of Job early in their academic career. These articles reflected their respective fields of interest at that stage. For Al...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2005
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Old Testament essays
Year: 2005, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 345-355 |
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| Summary: | Old Testament scholars date the Ruth novelette either to the monarchic period or to the post-exilic period. Both Rainer Albertz and James Alfred Loader wrote articles on the book of Job early in their academic career. These articles reflected their respective fields of interest at that stage. For Albertz it was the religious history of Israel, and for Loader it was the wisdom tradition of Israel. However, a decade ago Loader published a commentary on Ruth and called the character Naomi 'Job's sister'. While reading the Ruth novelette it dawned on me that it is possible to dovetail Loader's characterisation of Naomi with Albertz's description of post-exilic society in Yehud. This would make Boaz a representative of the 'righteous' and the other relative a representative of the 'wicked.' |
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| ISSN: | 2312-3621 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10520/EJC85683 |