Lau and Goswell examine Ruth in its canonical context, including the wider Old Testament and the New Testament, and study selected themes including redemption, kingship, mission, kindness, wisdom, famine, and the hiddenness of God.

Peter H.W. Lau;Gregory Goswell

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Authors’ preface

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Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: Reading Ruth in the early restoration period

Inclusion or exclusion

The law and the practice of ḥesed

God's sovereignty and human initiative

The temple and prayer

The kingdom of God and the Davidic kings

Conclusion

Chapter Three: Ruth and the house of David

Royal promise

The differing canonical positions of the book of Ruth

Ruth between Judges and Samuel

The David connection

The genealogy leading to David

The hidden polemic of the book of Judges

Rereading the book of Ruth

Divine providence

Kindness, human and divine

Chapter Four: Ruth as a wise woman

The book of Ruth in the Writings

Similarities and differences

Reading Ruth alongside Proverbs 31

In praise of Ruth

Reading the book of Ruth within a wisdom frame

Women as models of good behaviour in the New Testament

Chapter Five: Ruth and the Psalter

The earliest (and best) position for the book of Ruth?

Dividing up the book of Ruth

God as a refuge

God's wings

Divine kindness

The movement from lament to praise

Ruth and the historical psalms

Chapter Six: Famine in Ruth

Patriarchal responses to famine

Famine and God's purposes in the rest of the Old Testament

Famine in the book of Ruth

Hunger in the book of Ruth

Further biblical-theological trajectories of famine

Chapter Seven: God’s hiddenness and human agency

The hiddenness of God and human agency in the book of Judges

The hiddenness of God and human agency in Esther

The hiddenness of God and human agency in Ruth

The hiddenness of God and human agency in the Old Testament

The hiddenness of God and human agency in the New Testament

Chapter Eight: Redemption in Ruth

Redeemers in Ruth

The contribution of Ruth to redemption

Is Boaz a type of Christ?

Chapter Nine: Ruth and God’s mission

Reading Ruth from a missional perspective

The book of Ruth as witness to God's mission

The book of Ruth as an instrument of God's mission

Reading the book of Ruth as missional communities

Chapter Ten: Conclusion

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A thematic, biblical-theological study of the Old Testament book of Ruth. Focuses on Ruth in canonical context (Old Testament and whole-Bible). Studies selected themes e.g. redemption, mission, kindness, wisdom, famine, the hiddenness of God.

Peter Lau and Greg Goswell ... read Ruth in the context of its nearest Old Testament books ('nearest' both culturally and historically), and then in the context of the entire Christian canon. There can be little doubt that pastors committed to expository preaching and who choose to work their way through Ruth will gladly stand on the shoulders of Drs Lau and Goswell; - D. A. Carson

Gregory Goswell is Academic Dean and Lecturer in Biblical Studies at Christ College, Sydney. He is the author of Ezra-Nehemiah (EP Commentary Series). Peter Lau is Lecturer in Old Testament studies at Seminari Theoloji Malaysia and an honorary research associate at the University of Sydney. He is the author of Identity and Ethics in the Book of Ruth (BZAW) and co-editor of Reading Ruth in Asia (IVBS).

More than a book of love and devotion, Ruth's story is viewed from many angles in this insightful, in-depth commentary.

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Lau and Goswell examine Ruth in its canonical context, including the wider Old Testament and the New Testament, and study selected themes including redemption, kingship, mission, kindness, wisdom, famine, and the hiddenness of God.

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