The Purpose of the Book of Ruth

Bartosz Adamczewski

doi:10.21697/ct.2023.93.2.01

Opublikowane: 2023-05-24

Tom 93 Nr 2 (2023)

The Purpose of the Book of Ruth

Bartosz Adamczewski

Collectanea Theologica

Dział: Artykuły

https://doi.org/10.21697/ct.2023.93.2.01

Abstrakt

Wielu badaczy uważa, że Księga Rut, z jej opowiadaniem dotyczącym małżeństw mieszanych Judejczyków z kobietami moabickimi, świadomie sprzeciwia się ekskluzywistycznej retoryce Ksiąg Ezdrasza–Nehemiasza. Jednakże szczegółowa analiza narracyjnej retoryki Księgi Rut, szczególności porównanej z supersesywną (zastępującą) retoryką mniej więcej współczesnych jej Ksiąg Samuela–Królewskich, ujawnia, że głównym celem Księgi Rut było zdelegitymizowanie roszczeń szczepu Efraima do panowania w Izraelu, a na tym tle promocja szczepu Judy z jego Dawidową dynastią. Z tego powodu Księga Rut najprawdopodobniej służyła jako retoryczno-ideologiczny model dla dużo bardziej złożonej, podobnie świadomie judejskiej narracji Ksiąg Samuela-Królewskich.

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Księga Rut, Księgi Samuela–Królewskie, Izrael, Samaria, Efraim, Judea

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