The interpretation timeline

Ruth 3:1

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Ruth 3:1 · Douay-Rheims
“After she was returned to her mother in law, Noemi said to her: My daughter, I will seek rest for thee, and will provide that it may be well with thee.”
Patristic before A.D. 750
457
A.D.
Theodoret of Cyrus Patristic
c. A.D. 393–457
“What does Naomi suggest to her daughter-in-law? When Ruth heard her mother-in-law saying, "Our neighbor is a true man," she was reminded of his great kindness and thought to want him [to be] married to her in law, so that she might keep up the memory of the dead. Therefore, she [Naomi] suggests to her that she sleep at Boaz's feet, not that she might sell her body (for the words of the narrative signify the opposite); rather, she trusts the man's temperance and judgment. Moreover, the actions corroborate the words.”
Source
Modern · 1953 →

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