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Lau, Peter H. W.

Identity and ethics in the book of Ruth : a social identity approach / Peter H.W. Lau. - Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) - Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; Bd. 416 . - Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 416. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-223) and index.

Ancient Israelite identity -- Boaz : identity and ethics -- Ruth : identity and ethics -- Naomi : identity and ethics -- A provenance for the book of Ruth.

This study demonstrates the importance of including narrative ethics in a construction of Old Testament ethics. The social identity approach is used as a lens through which to understand and derive ethics. This approach highlights the social emphases of a biblical text, and consequently assists in understanding a text's original ethical message. The book of Ruth is used as a test case, employing a social identity approach for understanding the narrative, but also to model the approach so that it can be implemented more widely in study of the Old Testament and narrative ethics. Each of the prot.

ISBN: 9783110247619 3110247615 1282934414 9781282934412

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible.--Ruth--Criticism, Narrative.
Bible.--Ruth--Social scientific criticism.
Bible.--Ruth
Rut (Buch)
Bibeln.--G.T.--Rut--analys och tolkning.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ethics in the Bible.
Sociology, Biblical.
Morale dans la Bible.
RELIGION--Biblical Studies--Old Testament.
Social scientific criticism of sacred works
Ethics in the Bible
Sociology, Biblical
Sozialgeschichtliche Exegese.
Narrative Exegese.
Soziale Identität.
Ethik.
Etik i Bibeln.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Israel (Altertum)

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

LC Class. No.: BS1315.6.E8 / L39 2010eb

Dewey Class. No.: 222/.3506