Re: prophets gave little support as a rule to levitical law?

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In a message dated 2/22/03 11:13:10 AM Eastern Standard Time,
gmurphy@raex.com writes:

> Your dismissal of the importance of Ruth is invalid. That book belongs to
> the
> same part of the Hebrew scriptures as Ezra & Nehemiah. & besides the
> simple historical
> fact of claiming Moabite ancestry for David, it seems to be aimed at
> precisely the sort
> of views on marriage found in E & N. The latter can't be ignored, but
> neither can Ruth.
> & you are conflating several different things: Endogamy, concern for
> "quality
> births" and marriage within a faith community.
>
> Shalom,
> George
>

Yes, of course, I withdraw from the thread.
rich

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