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The Tug of Home Table of Contents

Introduction
Ruth As a Story of Headscarves
Seeing and Reading
A Miniature

Chapter 1: Ruth 1: The Journey
Through the Eye of the Needle
Through Naomi's Eyes
Naomi Gets Her Own Eyes
Naomi As the Complaining Mother-in-Law
Naomi's Hopeless Gaze
In Naomi's Own Words
Through Ruth's Eyes
Ruth Gets Her Own Eyes
Ruth's Deliberate Choice
Ruth Takes the Initiative
Ruth's Faith
In Ruth's Own Words

Chapter 2: Ruth 2: The Encounter
Through Naomi's Eyes
Naomi's Knowledge
Naomi's Hope Returns
Kinship and Law through Naomi's Eyes
In Naomi's Own Words
Through Boaz's Eyes
The Introduction of Boaz
Boaz the Boss
Boaz Charmed by Ruth
Boaz's View of Life and His Faith
In Boaz's Own Words
Through Ruth's Eyes
A Foreigner between Courage and Humility
From Going to Waiting
Intermezzo 1
Intermezzo 2
Pure Action and Patience
A Foreigner Seen
In Ruth's Own Words

Chapter 3: Ruth 3: Midnight
Through Naomi's Eyes
Naomi's Initiative
Naomi the Stage Manager
Naomi Is Too Cunning for the Law
Naomi Learns from Ruth
In Naomi's Own Words
Through Ruth's Eyes
Ruth Learns from Naomi
Midnight
In the Early Morning
In Ruth's Own Words
Through Boaz's Eyes
Boaz, a Man with Properties
Ambiguity on the Threshing Floor
Boaz's Promise
An Open End on the Threshing Floor
In Boaz's Own Words

Chapter 4: Ruth 4: Life Goes On
Through Boaz's Eyes
At the Gate
Boaz Is Captivating
Stratego
Boaz and Ruth
In Boaz's Own Words
Through the Eyes of the Men at the Gate
The Standard Blessing
The Undercurrent
Through the Eyes of the Women
Naming Names
Ruth, the Full Daughter
Mothers
Fathers in Place of Mothers

Chapter 5: Ruth 1-4: Through the Eyes of the Narrator
The Narrator in Historical Perspective
Historical Dating of the Book of Ruth
Through the Eyes of Narrator 1
Through the Eyes of Narrator 2
Alternative Ancestors
Tamar and Ruth
Rachel and Leah, Naomi and Ruth
Abraham and Lot, Ruth and Boaz
The God of Abraham and Ruth
GoGoGod
God Who Breaks In

A Guide to Reading
Stage 1 - Distinguishing between actions and speech
Stage 2 - Becoming aware of who is speaking and through whose eyes we are looking
Stage 3 - Looking at lines of meaning

Bibliography