Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Ruthy & Baruch <alster AT bezeqint.net>]

Shalom Vincent!

> Yes, I heard a lecture on Ruth last week by Avivah Zornberg who wrote _The
Beginning of Desire;
> Reflections on Genesis_  obviously a "commentary" on Genesis. Her father
is/was the Chief Rabbi
> of Scotland. She is an Oxford graduate and is in Israel. Someone on this
listserv will have more
> info I am sure.
>
Zornberg has an article in:
J.A. Kates and G.T. Reimer (eds.), _Reading_Ruth_, New York 1994.

See also: Aaron Demsky, "Names and No-Names in the Book of Ruth", in: A.
Demsky, J.A. Reif and J. Tabory (eds.), _These_Are_the_Names_, Ramat Gan:
Bar Ilan U. Press 1997, pp. 27-37 (English section).

A survey of some of the recent literature on ruth may be found in: Edward L.
Greenstein, "Reading Strategies and the Story of Ruth", in: A. Bach (ed.),
_Women_in_the_Hebrew_Bible, New York 1999, pp. 211-231.

If you read modern Hebrew, I can add some more to this list.

Kol Tuv,
Baruch Alster
Kochav Ya`akov, Israel