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• Title: Septuagint: Ruth
• Author : Scriptural Research Institute
• Release Date : January 31, 2020
• Genre: Judaism,Books,Religion & Spirituality,Bible Studies,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 252 KB

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The setting of the Ruth is the lands of Judah and Moab in the early-1000s BC, when the Book of Judges claimed there was no king. The last judge under the Philistines in the books of Judges was Samson's father Manoah, who ruled until 1090 BC when the Philistine Kingdoms apparently collapsed. This was just over a decade before the collapse of the Egyptian New Kingdom in 1077 BC, which began the Third Intermediate Period, when Egyptian records became sparse. This collapse of civilization in Palestine and Egypt was mirrored by collapses across the Mediterranean, sparking what the Greeks would later call the Dark Age. This Dark Age is not in doubt, however, is poorly understood due to the sparse records from the era. It is not clear when the Book of Ruth was written, however, is not generally considered to date back to the era it is set in. Based on the connection between the Book of Ruth and King David, it seems likely that the book was written no earlier than the era of King David, however, the book is generally dated to the time of Ezra the Scribe circa 440 BC. It is generally interpreted as an attempt to bridge the older books of Joshua and Judges with the newer books of the Kingdoms (Masoretic Samuel and Kings), which are generally accepted as having been written during the time of Ezra the scribe.

The Septuagint and Masoretic Texts have different names for Naomi's husband. He is called Abimelech (Αβιμελεχ) in the Septuagint, but Elimelech (אֱ‍ֽלִימֶ֡לֶךְ) in the Masoretic Texts. It is not clear why the Hasmoneans would have changed the name of this minor character, however, may have been to disassociated King David from the first King of Isreal, King Abimelech, who led an insurrection against Egypt and declared himself king in 1267 BC. Other than the name, the two Abimelechs seem to have nothing in common, and they were not the same person. King Abimelech was the son of Gideon in the Book of Judges, who was so unpopular the Israelites overthrew him and restored the judges after 3 years, in 1264 BC. The Book of Judges refers to him as the bastard son of Gideon by a prostitute, which speaks volumes about his memory, however, he was an Ephraimite, as was the Abimelech in the Book of Ruth several decades later. The fact that his name was still in use a few decades later implies that some Ephraimites did not view him as negatively as the Book of Judges depicts him. Ruth, the step-daughter of Abimelech in the Book of Ruth ultimately became the great-grandmother of King David, which then connected the House of David with an Ephraimite named Abimelech from the time the Judges. It is plausible that some Jews were connecting the two Abimelechs in the Second Temple era, claiming that David was a descendant of Abimelech, however, they are not the same person in the surviving versions of the two books.

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