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Posted By: Haruo
17-Dec-02 - 12:18 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Who'd Have Thought the Lord Almighty
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Who'd Have Thought the Lord Almighty

As to Ruth, the Torah passage that can be construed as denying David's right to be an Israelite is at Deuteronomy 23:3. Of course, that is not the only possible construction, but I think it is one that was fresh in the mind of the author of the Book of Ruth.

Haruo