Ruth - A Migrants Tale

Ruth, the foreigner who became the founding mother of the Davidic dynasty, has intrigued numerous readers through the ages. In this insightful book, Ilana Pardes invites us to explore the shifting perspectives on Ruth's tale and to reflect on its significance in our own era of widespread migration and dislocation.

About the author

Ilana Pardes is Katharine Cornell Professor of Comparative Literature and the director of the Center for Literary Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is the author of Countertraditions in the Bible and The Song of Songs: A Biography.

Product details

• Authors: Ilana Pardes, Pardes Ilana
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2022
• EAN: 9780300255072
• ISBN: 978-0-300-25507-2
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Jewish Lives
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Jewish, Biography: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Jewish, HISTORY / Women, Jewish Studies, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Relating to Jewish people and groups