TY - JOUR
T1 - Ancient hermeneutics and the legal structure of the Book of Ruth
AU - Berman, Joshua
PY - 2007/3
Y1 - 2007/3
N2 - This study claims that the book of Ruth constitutes a legal homily whose plot unfolds according to the sequential order of the legal materials found in Deuteronomy 24,16-25,10, and is a commentary upon them. Ancient Near Eastern law codes, such as that of Hammurabi, exhibit the organising principle of associative concatenation or linking of different legal material. Through this reading strategy, the order of those laws in Deuteronomy may be understood as an organic unit. The author of Ruth transposed these laws into a sequence of legal themes that form the structure of his plot.
AB - This study claims that the book of Ruth constitutes a legal homily whose plot unfolds according to the sequential order of the legal materials found in Deuteronomy 24,16-25,10, and is a commentary upon them. Ancient Near Eastern law codes, such as that of Hammurabi, exhibit the organising principle of associative concatenation or linking of different legal material. Through this reading strategy, the order of those laws in Deuteronomy may be understood as an organic unit. The author of Ruth transposed these laws into a sequence of legal themes that form the structure of his plot.
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U2 - 10.1515/ZAW.2007.003
DO - 10.1515/ZAW.2007.003
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AN - SCOPUS:60950726448
SN - 0044-2526
VL - 119
SP - 22
EP - 38
JO - Zeitschrift fur die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
JF - Zeitschrift fur die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft
IS - 1
ER -