Ruth, Job, and the Problem of Suffering
Good Religion Requires Accompaniment More Than Answers
The Book of Ruth is the most intertextual book of the Bible. What does that mean? It means that word for word, line for line, it contains the greatest density of cross-references to other Biblical verses. Nearly every verse in Ruth can be cross-referenced with another Biblical verse. This is one of the reasons that scholars identify the book as chronolo…
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