The Cultural Context of the Book of Ruth --- Marion Ann Taylor

Israelite society was structured around hierarchies. Understanding how these hierarchies functioned in daily life in the ancient world adds meaning to the book of Ruth, and reveals how Ruth challenges these hierarchies.

0:00 - Israelite society is patriarchal, patrilineal, and patrilocal
2:10 - Ruth follows society structured around the father
2:58 - Ruth challenges traditional patriarchal power
4:08 - Society structured around hierarchies
4:40 - Significance of Ruth’s disobedience of Naomi
5:23 - Hierarchal structure of Boaz’s servants
5:56 - In Ruth 4, women challenge assumptions of value of sons
6:27 - Tribal and clan structures protected orphans, widows, the poor, and foreigners
7:26 - Laws of redemption for land, relatives, and objects, and kinsman-redeemers
8:17 - Levirate marriage

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