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Description of  The Book of Ruth (New International Commentary on the Old Testament (NICOT))

Do not urge me to abandon you, to turn back from following after you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you lodge, I will lodge. Your people are my people, and your God is my God. In this pivotal verse, Ruths self-sacrificial declaration of loyalty to her mother-in-law Naomi forms the relationship at the heart of the book of Ruth. Peter H. W. Laus new commentary explores the human and divine love at the center of the narrative as well as the books relevance to Christian theology. In the latest entry in the New International Commentary on the Old Testament, Lau upholds the series standard of quality. Read more