Surely there is a future <subTitle>A commentary on the book of Ruth</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Hamlin, E. John</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">3:5</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">Michigan, U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>William B. Eerdmans</publisher> <dateIssued>1996</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">0 e</languageTerm> </language> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">ng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>82tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback</extent> <extent>21cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>The book of Ruth, set in the period of the judges, is a beautiful story of the love, covenant loyalty, and daring initiative of two impoverished widows. Together with a generous open-hearted man, they demonstrate the truth of Proverbs 23:18 that applies to individuals, families, communities, and nations: `Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.` In this excellent commentary E. John Hamlin approaches the book of Ruth as literature, as history, as part of the canon, and as truth-telling story.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">E. John Hamlin</note> <subject> <topic>Bible -- Ruth</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">222.3507</classification> <classification authority="ddc">E11-H22</classification> <identifier type="isbn">0802841503</identifier> <recordInfo> <recordContentSource authority="marcorg">1</recordContentSource> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2021-1</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070415.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>