Exodus

Fentress-Williams, Judy

doi:10.2307/j.ctv19cwbj9.17

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“…Interpretations of sexual desire have been an interest in Ruth research from early rabbinic readings and have continued to develop (2016: 35). Though not explicit within the text, the sexual ambiguity in Ruth has been noted by several scholars (Hubbard 1988;Linafelt 1999;Koosed 2011;Fentress-Williams 2012;Hawk 2015;McKoewn 2015;Powell 2018). Several scholars have written about heterosexual attraction between Boaz and Ruth, including Fewell and Gunn (1990) and Linafelt (1999).…”

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confidence: 96%

“…The text states several times that Ruth is a Moabite (1.4,22;2.2,6,21;4.4,10). Nielsen (1997) and Fentress-Williams (2012) view the Moabite references as responding to the negative tradition of origins in Gen. 19.30-38 with an alternative portrait. Van Wolde (1997a), Korpel (2001), and LaCocque (2005) highlight the critical assessment in the biblical corpus of Moabite women marrying Israelite men (e.g., Num.…”

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confidence: 99%

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