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June 9, 2016

Ruth: An Unambiguous Heroine in a Book Filled with Ambiguity

Greater than Abraham.

Surveying a number of ancient and modern interpretations of the book of Ruth, Hayyim Angel notes that the actions of many of its characters exhibit a range of often inconsistent moral attributes. The one character whose actions unambiguously exemplify righteousness is Ruth herself:

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