{"product_id":"ruth-l-daniel-hawk-9781783593071","title":"Ruth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn the surface, the book of Ruth tells the tale of an unlikely marriage between a destitute Moabite widow and an upstanding citizen of a Judean village. The deeper import of the story, however, has to do with the internal boundaries that define the people of God. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs Israel a closed community, held together exclusively by bonds of kinship, or a nation that welcomes faithful outsiders into its sphere of belonging?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRuth appropriates marriage as the symbolic vehicle of a transformation in Israel's self-understanding - from a community articulated by Naomi's declaration that her daughters-in-law marry within their own people, to the acclamations by the people of Bethlehem that endorse Boaz's marriage to a Moabite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eL. Daniel Hawk undertakes a detailed narrative analysis of Ruth that goes beyond the description of its content and stylistic features to illumine its deep structure and use of metaphor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eInformed by contemporary studies on ethnicity, he discovers a work of remarkable sophistication that employs a story of intermarriage to address opposing ideas of Israelite identity. Hawk's meticulous attention to patterned structures, stylistic devices and characterization reveals the strategy by which the narrator constructs a vision of Israel that looks beyond rigid internal boundaries to the welcome of faithful foreigners as agents of blessing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e L. Daniel Hawk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1783593075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781783593071\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Apollos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/17\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"L. Daniel Hawk","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46372550836479,"sku":"9781783593071","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_939a95b7-000c-43a8-b370-ce45fe40e775.jpg?v=1732726279","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ruth-l-daniel-hawk-9781783593071","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}