Ruth: A Subversive Love Story
“[Ruth is the] loveliest complete work on a small scale, handed down to us as an ethical treasure and an idyll.”
-Goethe
Subversion
Many interpreters have referred to the book of Ruth as a “subversive” story. If something is subversive, it is a quiet but powerful overturning of some other authority. It’s subtle. And if something is effectively subversive, its long-term effectiveness depends on it not being recognized for what it really is immediately.
And this, as Eugene Peterson points out, is precisely the way Jesus taught. We call them parables. His little stories seemed to be harmless…
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