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Orpah

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Orpah (ôr`pə), in the Bible, sister-in-law of Ruth.


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Orpah accepts Naomi's dominance and accepts her own subservient position and returns to Moab.
The determination of social identity in the story of Ruth by Matthews, Victor H. / Biblical Theology Bulletin
Orpah returns to her Moabite family, but Ruth refuses to abandon her mother-in-law and travels with her to Bethlehem, Naomi's Israelite village.
A woman's place is in the Bible: far from being just a story about ... by Hens-Piazza, Gina / U.S. Catholic
Twelve autobiographical stories are told: Adah and Zillah, Dinah, Madam Potiphar, Zipporah, Rahab, Ruth and Orpah and Naomi, Rizpah, Tamar and Tamar, Zeruiah, Huldah, the anonymous woman from the Song of Songs, and the medium of Endor.
I Am ...: Biblical Women Tell Their Own Stories by Stevens, Marty / Currents in Theology and Mission
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