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...
| Publié dans: | Journal for the study of the Old Testament |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Sage
[2016]
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| Dans: |
Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Bibel. Rut 4,5
/ Ambigüité
/ Herméneutique
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| RelBib Classification: | HB Ancien Testament VB Herméneutique; philosophie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Ruth
B Ruth 4.5 B disambiguation B Boaz B Ambiguity |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Résumé: | 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 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0309089215611546 |