Judges 19-21 and Ruth : canon as a voice of answerability / Jennifer M. Matheny.

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022.

xii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

"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 "ban" and "loving-kindness," "covenant-faithfulness", silence and speech, abuse and potential for abuse, gendered violence and feminine agency. This case-study reveals that Ruth, as a text and as a woman, embodies a voice of answerability to the silenced and abused women in Judges 19-21"-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: Matheny, Jennifer M. Judges 19-21 and Ruth Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2022

English

October 12, 2022

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.