Polyamory and Reading the Book of Ruth

Deborah Kahn-Harris is ordained rabbi and Principal, Leo Baeck College in London, United Kingdom, where she also lectures in Hebrew Bible.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter One: The SettingChapter Two: Ruth 1: The Arrangement and Rearrangement of FamiliesChapter Three: Who Is Naomi?Chapter Four: Who Is Ruth?Chapter Five: Ruth 2: Building RelationshipsChapter Six: ??? Hesed: An Excursus Chapter Seven: Who Is Boaz?Chapter Eight: Ruth 3: What is Romance Really?Chapter Nine: Ruth 4: Dyadic or Triadic: What Does Happily Ever After Actually Look Like?Chapter Ten: The Book of Ruth: A Targum with Annotations (2022): Another Way of Telling the StoryConclusionBibliographyAbout the Author

Kahn-Harris goes boldly and forges a new path towards expanding inclusion and equity. This brave and original book explores the frontiers of polyamory - in the book of Ruth, in new Targumic reimagining, and in our challenging present, too, where now, as then, 'the course of true love never did run smooth'. For those receptive to letting the biblical text reveal its full range of possibilities, this book will open new horizons.