From Ruth to the “Global Woman”: Social and Legal Aspects

In this short study, the Scroll of Ruth, and especially Ruth's undisclosed motives for following her mother-in-law, are read alongside the situation of foreign, female migrant workers in contemporary Israel—and vice versa. This allows a bi-directional reading that supplies a possible context bo...

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Autor principal: Brenner, Athalya (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Sage Publ. 2010
En: Interpretation
Año: 2010, Volumen: 64, Número: 2, Páginas: 162-168
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Sumario:In this short study, the Scroll of Ruth, and especially Ruth's undisclosed motives for following her mother-in-law, are read alongside the situation of foreign, female migrant workers in contemporary Israel—and vice versa. This allows a bi-directional reading that supplies a possible context both for the biblical text and for the evaluation of today's issues.
ISSN:2159-340X
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Interpretation
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/002096431006400204