{"product_id":"ruth-a-migrants-tale-9780300255072","title":"Ruth: A Migrant's Tale","description":"\u003cb\u003eA wide-ranging exploration of the story of Ruth, a foreigner who became the founding mother of the Davidic dynasty\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The biblical Ruth has inspired numerous readers from diverse cultural backgrounds across many centuries. In this insightful volume, Ilana Pardes invites us to marvel at the ever-changing perspectives on Ruth's foreignness. She explores the rabbis' lauding of Ruth as an exemplary convert, and the Zohar's insistence that Ruth's Moabite background is vital to her redemptive powers. In moving to early-modern French art, she looks at pastoral paintings in which Ruth becomes a local gleaner, holding sheaves in her hands. Pardes concludes with contemporary adaptations in literature, photography, and film in which Ruth is admired for being a paradigmatic migrant woman. Ruth's afterlives not only reveal much about their own times, but also shine new light upon this remarkable ancient tale and point to its enduring significance. In our own era of widespread migration and dislocation, Ruth remains as relevant as ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300255072\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232","brand":"Ilana Pardes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42325238350005,"sku":"9780300255072","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a448a188-a31d-4d34-b112-10d47843dc05.jpg?v=1660018051","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ruth-a-migrants-tale-9780300255072","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}