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  Ruth

Resources for
Historical Analysis
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Modern Modes

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Historical Analysis
 
Commentaries
 
Farmer, Kathleen A. Robertson.  "The Book of Ruth."  In The New Interpreter's Bible, vol. 2, Numbers to Samuel (Nashville: Abingdon, 1998) x.
 
Matthews, Victor Harold.  Judges and Ruth, New Cambridge Bible Commentary.  New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
 
Nielsen, Kirsten.  Ruth: A Commentary, trans. Edward Broadbridge, Old Testament Library.  Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1997.
 
Schipper, Jeremy.  Ruth: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary, Anchor Yale Bible 7D.  New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2016.
 
Yee, Gale A.  "Ruth."  In Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Testament and Apocrypha (ed. Gale A. Yee, Hugh R. Page, Jr. and Matthew J. M. Coomber; Minneapolis: Fortress, 2014) 351-9.
[Link above is to the print copy; here is a link to an electronic copy]
 
 
Secondary Literature
 
Brenner, Athalya, ed.  A Feminist Companion to Ruth, The Feminist Companion to the Bible 3.  Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993.
 
--------, ed.  Ruth and Esther: A Feminist Companion to the Bible, Feminist Companion to the Bible, second series, 3.  Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999.
 
Lee, Eunny P.  "Ruth."  In Women's Bible Commentary (ed. Carol A. Newsom, Sharon H. Ringe and Jacqueline E. Lapsley; 3rd ed.; Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2012) 142-9.
 
 
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Modern Modes
Religious   Secular
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Moore, Ruth and NaomiRuth and Naomi, Suzanne Moore (2010)
 
Primary Text Citation
 
Moore, Suzanne.  Ruth and Naomi.   date.  Illuminated manuscript.  The Saint John's Bible, St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA.
 
 
Mode
 
Patella, Michael.  Word and Image: The Hermeneutics of the Saint John's Bible.  Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2013.
[esp. pp. x]
 
 
Secondary Literature
 
Relevant Databases for Secondary Sources
  • Art Full Text
  • Art Index Retrospective
  • ARTstor
  • Arts & Humanities Citation Index
  • ATLA Religion Database
  • Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective
  • Humanities Full Text
 
Calderhead, Christopher.  Illuminating the Word: The Making of The Saint John’s Bible, 2nd ed.   Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2015.
 
Patella, Michael.  "The Theology of The Saint John's Bible."  Arts 17:1 (2005) 20-28.
 
Sink, Susan.  The Art of the Saint John's Bible, vol. 3, A Reader's Guide to Historical Books, Letters and Revelation, The Art of Saint John's Bible.  Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2012.
 
 
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Moore, Ruth and NaomiRuth Gleaning among the Reapers, Suzanne Moore (2010)
 
Primary Text Citation
 
Moore, Suzanne.  Ruth and Naomi.   date.  Illuminated manuscript.  The Saint John's Bible, St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota, USA.
 
 
Mode
 
Patella, Michael.  Word and Image: The Hermeneutics of the Saint John's Bible.  Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2013.
[esp. pp. x]
 
 
Secondary Literature
 
Relevant Databases for Secondary Sources
  • Art Full Text
  • Art Index Retrospective
  • ARTstor
  • Arts & Humanities Citation Index
  • ATLA Religion Database
  • Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective
  • Humanities Full Text
 
Calderhead, Christopher.  Illuminating the Word: The Making of The Saint John’s Bible, 2nd ed.   Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2015.
 
Patella, Michael.  "The Theology of The Saint John's Bible."  Arts 17:1 (2005) 20-28.
 
Sink, Susan.  The Art of the Saint John's Bible, vol. 3, A Reader's Guide to Historical Books, Letters and Revelation, The Art of Saint John's Bible.  Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2012.
 
 
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Ruth Genealogy, Donald Jackson (2010)
 
Primary Text Citation
 
 
 
Mode
 
 
 
Secondary Literature
 
Relevant Databases for Secondary Sources
  • ATLA Religion Database
  • x
  • x
 
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Bar Rose
 
Title
 
Primary Text Citation
 
 
 
Mode
 
 
 
Secondary Literature
 
Relevant Databases for Secondary Sources
  • ATLA Religion Database
  • x
  • x
 
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The Story of Ruth, dir. Henry Koster (1960)
 
Primary Text Citation
 
The Story of Ruth.  Prod. x; dir. Henry Koster.  x min.  Studio, 1960.  [format you watched it in].

x
 
 
Secondary Literature
 
Relevant Databases for Secondary Sources
  • ATLA Religion Database
  • ComAbstracts
  • Communication Source
  • Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
  • Film Literature Index
 
x
 
 
Film Reviews
Because these are short and popular, you can read them, but they don't replace the need for at least two professional sources.
 
x
 
 
Bar Rose
 
Title, dir. x (year)
 
Primary Text Citation
 
x

x
 
 
Secondary Literature
 
Relevant Databases for Secondary Sources
  • ATLA Religion Database
  • ComAbstracts
  • Communication Source
  • Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
  • Film Literature Index
 
x
 
 
Film Reviews
Because these are short and popular, you can read them, but they don't replace the need for at least two professional sources.
 
x.
 
 
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