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- Title
"Gleaning among the Ears"—"Gathering among the Sheaves": Characterizing the Image of the Supervising Boy (Ruth 2).
- Authors
Grossman, Jonathan
- Abstract
This article provides an interpretation of Ruth 2:7 from the Old Testament of the Bible. It focuses on oddities in the passage which seems to involve Ruth's request to glean among the sheaves in the fields of Boaz. It suggests the statement of the supervising boy is a means of portraying the character of Boaz through the contradiction between the boy's reservation towards Ruth's gleaning in the fields and Boaz's kindness in allowing her to do so.
- Subjects
BIBLE. Ruth; OLD Testament; TEXTUAL criticism; GLEANING; WOMEN in the Bible; MEN in the Bible; BIBLE &; literature
- Publication
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2007, Vol 126, Issue 4, p703
- ISSN
0021-9231
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/27638463