Shimshon, David and Boaz: Passion and Restraint
David, the royal progeny of Ruth, and Shimshon, the last shofet in Shoftim, have some striking similarities. Comparing the two, and examining the critical differences separating the king from the failed tribal champion, highlights the importance of Ruth and Boaz in serving as an antidote to the problematic period of Shoftim.
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- Megillath Ruth: Paradigm of Kindness and Mother of Kingship
- In Those Days There was No King in Israel: Ruth as Remedy for the Book of Judges
- Ruth and Orpah, Abraham and Lot: The Power of Choices
- Ruth and Boaz at the Well: Betrothal Scenes and their Meaning
- Ruth and Boaz in the Goren: Realizing One's Destiny