Ruth : a migrant's tale
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2022.
Format
Book
ISBN
9780300255072, 0300255071
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 22 cm.
Status
Morris County Library - Adult Nonfiction
296.09 PAR
1 available
296.09 PAR
1 available
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2022.
Language
English
ISBN
9780300255072, 0300255071
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Description
The biblical Ruth has inspired numerous readers from diverse cultural backgrounds across many centuries. In this insightful volume, Ilana Pardes invites us to marvel at the ever-changing perspectives on Ruth's foreignness. She explores the rabbis' lauding of Ruth as an exemplary convert, and the Zohar's insistence that Ruth's Moabite background is vital to her redemptive powers. In moving to early-modern French art, she looks at pastoral paintings in which Ruth becomes a local gleaner, holding sheaves in her hands. Pardes concludes with contemporary adaptations in literature, photography, and film in which Ruth is admired for being a paradigmatic migrant woman. Ruth's afterlives not only reveal much about their own times, but also shine new light upon this remarkable ancient tale and point to its enduring significance. In our own era of widespread migration and dislocation, Ruth remains as relevant as ever.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Pardes, I. (2022). Ruth: a migrant's tale . Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pardes, Ilana, 1966-. 2022. Ruth: A Migrant's Tale. Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Pardes, Ilana, 1966-. Ruth: A Migrant's Tale Yale University Press, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Pardes, Ilana. Ruth: A Migrant's Tale Yale University Press, 2022.
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