Description Stephanie Day Powell illuminates the myriad forms of persuasion, inducement, discontent, and heartbreak experienced by readers of Ruth.
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Writing from a lesbian perspective, Powell draws upon biblical scholarship, contemporary film and literature, Narrative studies, feminist and queer theories, trauma studies and psychoanalytic theory to trace the workings of Desire that produced the Book of Ruth and shaped its history of reception.
Description Stephanie Day Powell illuminates the myriad forms of persuasion, inducement, discontent, and heartbreak experienced by readers of Ruth