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The Use of blṭ in Ruth 3:7

In: Vetus Testamentum
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Jeremy Schipper Department of Religion, Temple University Philadelphia USA schipper@temple.edu

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Often, scholars debate whether to read the book of Ruth as a polemic against the disparagement of Moabites. Scholars who offer a non-polemical interpretation should provide an alternative explanation for Ruth’s Moabite identity as B. Porten does in a very brief article from 1976. The present article provides further support for Porten’s argument by drawing attention to a possible pun, noted by T. Linafelt, on the word blṭ in Ruth 3:7.

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