Autorentext

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.

Klappentext

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.