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Ruth: Audio Lectures
- 8 Lessons on Literary Context, Structure, Exegesis, and Interpretation
- Narrated by: Daniel Block
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Ruth: Audio Lectures includes high quality live-recordings of college-level lectures that cover the important points from each subject as well as relevant material from other sources.
Ruth: Audio Lectures brings to light the universal scope of God’s sovereignty and mercy. With careful analysis and interpretation of the Hebrew text, professor and scholar Daniel Block traces the flow of argument in the book of Ruth, showing that how a biblical author says something is just as important as what they say.
Ruth is widely recognized as a superlative literary achievement of ancient Israel. With its sensitive portrayal of women in crisis, its admiration for a righteous man, and its profound theology of providence, it offers learners of every age a window into life in the ancient Near East, inspiration for good and godly living, and reason to wonder at the common roots of Israel’s royal and messianic hope.
Bridging the historical and theological gap, Ruth: Audio Lectures explains how David, the most important character in the Hebrew Bible, could emerge from the spiritual and ethical morass of the premonarchic period and accounts for the Moabite blood in this king's veins. Each lecture surveys the main idea of a passage, its literary context, an explanation of the text, and its canonical and practical significance for us today.
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- Medina Family
- 01-22-20
Lectures are not in correct order
I listened via my web browser and the lessons were all mixed up, with lesson 4 coming after lesson 7 and 6, which are in that order... ?
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- David Graieg
- 05-28-20
Excellent insights on the book of Ruth
I thought this was perhaps the best course I have heard of the Zondervan audiobooks. Block does an excellent job of giving an engaging and informative set of lectures on the Biblical book of Ruth. See his Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on Ruth for more details, which is also excellent.
I see that one other reviewer commented that the audio was out of order, that must have been fixed because it is all in order now, and there are actual chapter headings/titles for each chapter.
Highly recommended.