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Record Nr.

UNINA9910586701103321

Titolo

Reading Ruth in Asia / / edited by Jione Havea and Peter H.W. Lau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Atlanta : , : SBL Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

9780884141006

0884141004

9780884141013

9781628371291

0884141012

1628371293

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 148 pages)

Collana

International voices in biblical studies ; ; Number 7

Soggetti

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Asia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-137) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Reading Ruth again, in Asia / Jione Havea and Peter H.W. Lau -- Another postcolonial reading of the book of Ruth / Peter H.W. Lau -- The key to successful migration? Rereading Ruth's confession (1:16-17) through the lens of Bhabha's mimicry / Sin-lung Tong -- "Who is more to you than seven sons": a cross-textual reading between the book of Ruth and A pair of peacocks to the southeast fly / Yan Lin -- A reinterpretation of Levirate marriage in Ruth 4:1-12 for Kachin society / Roi Nu -- An intertextual reading of Ruth and Proverbs 31:10-31, with a Chinese woman's perspective / Elaine W.F. Goh -- Patriarchy, a threat to human bonding: reading the story of Ruth in the light of marriage and family structures in India / Surekha Nelavala -- The Boaz solution: reading Ruth in light of Australian asylum seekers discourse / Anthony Rees -- Stirring Naomi: another gleaning at the edges of Ruth 1 / Jione Havea.