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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: Chris Watts <dekruidnootjes AT eircom.net>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ruth 1: 12 too old for a husband
  • Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 08:53:57 -0400

Bear in mind that many of the biblical heroines, Rebekah, Rachel, Lea, Ruth, Esther, were just little girls (if I correctly remembers Rashi says Rebekah was 3 years old when she married Isaac, then she was "childless"). The fact that Ruth was still a childless widow at the time, means she was about 14 years old. How old was Naomi? I would say about 30.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jul 22, 2013, at 8:19 AM, Chris Watts wrote:

I am too old





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