Gleaning Ruth: A Biblical Heroine and Her Afterlives
In general, Koosed presents an unflinching portrait of the difficult circum- stances that Ruth had to negotiate, but also allows room for Ruth to have agency, raising the possibility that her disappearance from the end of the book may reflect an exercise of autonomy rather than an experience of vict...
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