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Identity and ethics in the book of Ruth : a social identity approach / Peter H.W. Lau.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft ; 416.Publication details: Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, ©2011.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 234 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110247619
  • 3110247615
  • 1282934414
  • 9781282934412
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Identity and ethics in the book of Ruth.DDC classification:
  • 222/.3506 22
LOC classification:
  • BS1315.6.E8 L39 2010eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Ancient Israelite identity -- Boaz : identity and ethics -- Ruth : identity and ethics -- Naomi : identity and ethics -- A provenance for the book of Ruth.
Summary: 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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)349524

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.

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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.