Judges 19-21 and Ruth: Canon as a Voice of Answerability

by Jennifer M. Matheny and Nazarene Theological Seminary

Previous scholarship hints at the connection between Judges 19-21 and Ruth (as set in dialogue), but there has yet to be a study to articulate this relationship. Through a Bakhtinian-canonical perspective, a comparative analysis of these texts unveils intertextual correlations. Lexical and thematic connections include shared idioms, contrasting themes of חרם ("ban") andחסד ("loving-kindness," "covenant-faithfulness"),...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004521704
• ISBN13: 9789004521704
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 296 Pages