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Often, scholars debate whether to read the book of Ruth as a polemic against the disparagement of Moabites. Scholars who offer a non-polemical interpretation should provide an alternative explanation for Ruth's Moabite identity as B. Porten does in a very brief article from 1976. The present article provides further support for Porten's argument by drawing attention to a possible pun, noted by T. Linafelt, on the word blṭ in Ruth 3:7. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article argues that there are six cases in the Book of Ruth where the preposition'm may be translated as "under the authority of.(1:7, u, 22; 2:6,19 [2x]). The preposition means more than just "with" in these verses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]