The Book of Ruth

by Paulus Cassel

Publisher:

Charles Scribner’s Sons

, 1871

Overview

Paulus Cassel’s The Book of Ruth is a comprehensive commentary that illustrates the significance and beauty of this short book of the Old Testament. This volume focuses on a chunk of text at a time, analyzing the textual and grammatical, exegetical and doctrinal, and homiletical and practical elements of each passage.

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Key Features

• Analyzes the whole story of the book of Ruth verse by verse
• Examines the historical significance of the story

Praise for the Print Edition

His commentary is very original, fresh, suggestive, abounding in historical examples and parables . . . The grammatical notes on The Book of Ruth . . . will be found very valuable, and this part of the work . . . will be regarded as a rich treasure.

—The Evangelical Repository and United Presbyterian Review

Product Details

• Title: The Book of Ruth
• Author: Paulus Cassel
• Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons
• Publication Date: 1874
• Pages: 53

About Paulus Cassel

Paulus Cassel (1821–1892) was a Jewish convert to Christianity, writer, lecturer, and missionary to the Jews. He was a prolific author, writing numerous books, pamphlets, and essays, including Das Buch der Richter und Ruth and Weihnachten, Ursprünge, Bräuche und Aberglauben, ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Christlichen Kirche und des Deutschen Volkes.