Gleaning Ruth <subTitle>A Biblical Heroine and Her Afterlives</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Koosed, Jennifer L.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">8:0</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>The University of South Carolina Press</publisher> <dateIssued>2011</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>173tr.</extent> <extent>Hardcover, Illustration</extent> <extent>24 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>The biblical story of Ruth celebrates the power to begin life anew, to gather what has been scattered, to glean what one needs. In this original approach to understanding an ancient love story, Jennifer L. Koosed crafts a multifaceted portrait of the Old Testament character of Ruth and of the demanding agricultural world in which her story unfolds. Highlighting the most complex aspects of the book--the relationships Ruth has with her mother-in-law, Naomi</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Jennifer L. Koosed</note> <subject> <topic>Religion -- Biblical Studies -- Old Testament</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Bible -- Ruth</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Bible -- Criticism and Interpretation</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">222.3506</classification> <classification authority="ddc">K75-J54</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9781570039836</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15067/51skr0argvl-sy466.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/15067/51skr0argvl-sy466.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071433.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>