Intentional Ambiguity in Ruth 4.5: Implications for Interpretation of Ruth
Starting from Robert Holmstedt's translation of Ruth 4.5, this article develops and applies a preliminary hermeneutic for ambiguity to Boaz's speech in 4.5 and its disambiguation in 4.9-10. Arguing for freedom to interpret ambiguous texts strategically, this study demonstrates how Holmsted...
Veröffentlicht in: | Journal for the study of the Old Testament |
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Sprache: | Englisch |
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Sage
[2016]
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Bibel. Rut 4,5
/ Ambiguität
/ Hermeneutik
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RelBib Classification: | HB Altes Testament VB Logik; philosophische Hermeneutik; philosophische Erkenntnislehre |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Ruth
B Ruth 4.5 B disambiguation B Boaz B Ambiguity |
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Zusammenfassung: | Starting from Robert Holmstedt's translation of Ruth 4.5, this article develops and applies a preliminary hermeneutic for ambiguity to Boaz's speech in 4.5 and its disambiguation in 4.9-10. Arguing for freedom to interpret ambiguous texts strategically, this study demonstrates how Holmstedt's translation coupled with the author's preliminary hermeneutic leads to a reassessment of the scene at the city gate that also resolves several persistent interpretive difficulties in Ruth. |
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ISSN: | 1476-6728 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0309089215611546 |