Ruth: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text (Baylor Handbook on the Hebrew Bible)

Ruth: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 8
§1 Introduction......Page 10
1. Clauses and Their Constituents......Page 12
2. Complements and Adjuncts......Page 13
3. Verbal Semantics......Page 17
4. Pragmatics......Page 18
5. Putting All the Pieces Together: Constituent Movement......Page 20
§3 The Role of Linguistic Features in Dating the Book......Page 26
Orthographic Features......Page 28
Morphological Features......Page 32
Syntactic and Semantic Features......Page 34
Archaic Item......Page 41
Mixed Early and Late Items......Page 42
Aramaic/Late Items......Page 43
§4 The Use of Language to Color Characters’ Speech......Page 50
Cases of Style-Shifting in the Book of Ruth......Page 56
Act I, Scene 1: A Bethlehemite Tragedy in Moab (vv. 1-5)......Page 60
Act I, Scene 2: The Return to Judah (vv. 6-19a)......Page 75
Act I, Scene 3: The Arrival in Bethlehem (vv. 19b-22)......Page 103
Act II, Scene 1: Ruth Chances upon the Field of Noˁomi’s Relative (vv. 1-3)......Page 112
Act II, Scene 2: Ruth meets Boaz (vv. 4-17)......Page 119
Act II, Scene 3: Ruth Returns to Noˁomi (vv. 18-23)......Page 146
Act III, Scene 1: Noˁomi Hatches a Plan (vv. 1-6)......Page 156
Act III, Scene 2: The Plan is Mishandled and then Salvaged (vv. 7-15)......Page 167
Act III, Scene 3: Waiting for a Resolution (vv. 16-18)......Page 182
Act IV, Scene 1: Boaz Deals at the City Gate (vv. 1-8)......Page 188
Act IV, Scene 2: Ruth is Married, Noˁomi is Redeemed (vv. 9-17)......Page 206
Act IV, Scene 3: A Royal Genealogy (vv. 18-22)......Page 220
Bibliography......Page 224
Author Index......Page 232
Subject Index......Page 234