The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
64. Ruth: Whore or Matriarch?
The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
Philippe Guillaume [+]
University of Berne
Philippe Guillaume is Lecturer at the University of Berne. His latest publications are A History of Biblical Israel co-authored with Ernst Axel Knauf (Equinox, 2016) and Deuteronomy in the Making, Studies in the Production of Debarim, edited with Diana Edelman, Benedetta Rossi and Kåre Berge (De Gruyter, 2021).
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How self-sacrificing is Ruth’s decision to follow Naomi? Naomi pimps Ruth, and Boaz does not marry Ruth for nothing. Each actor takes care of his and her own interest. In this sense, the Ruth booklet offers a model of reciprocal exploitation for survival.