I haven't posted yet - - but I'll jump in when the book hits its R-rated parts.
Rose's Godmother wrote a thesis on this chapter which will forever change the way I see Ruth. She wrote about the fertility images of the "threshing floor" and the euphemistic use of the word "feet."
Sometimes the Bible has more reality in it than the show "The Bachelor." Ruth is stuck in the Old Testament as a statement in favor of being open to the outsiders....in stark contrast to books like Leviticus or Judges that are all about keeping the insiders in and the outsiders out. It has made people uncomfortable for ages for that reason. But it also has this wonderful acknowledgement of the way things can really be. They can be messy. The heroes can be self-centered. "Christian morality" is not always a guiding factor. And Ruth will go to great lengths to ensure her survival and that of her mother-in-law.
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