I too have only read the sample pages. However I do find it very informative in where the author is coming from, and find the sample pages giving me ample information on the intention of the book, a new and very different look and I hope new discoveries of the book of Ruth. We live in a world that is more confused, disheartened than ever before, a world that seems to be taring itself apart which is only making more and more people to be marginalised, becoming refugees in their own land, and in host countries around the world, and we are talking not about thousands of people but millions of people. As a Christian, i try to be as Jesus like as I possibly can, Jesus always helped the marginalised and studying the Bible helps me to better understand God' love and desire for each one of us. I am going to buy this book because the sample pages leads me to believe I will learn a different point of view of the book of Ruth. One of the reasons I believe the Holy Bible is inspired and directed by God is its ability to help us to continue learning from it, and one of the ways we do this is by learning someone else's view point. Thats the whole point of having Commentaries, so we can learn other views people have, (its so very important to read a number of commentaries to get a balance of different thoughts) and then we can decide what we believe is right at the time. But as I learn more from my studies my belief and understanding of God' word changes and all this helps my FAITH GROW and that the whole point. So I do hope this book will give me a new understanding, I do not yet know if I will agree with what I read, but I will still learn from it, and if I do disagree with it, who is to say that down the road I will not change my mind. Our faith is a living, growing faith, if it wasn't then I doubt it would be real, rather just a religion to follow. I am not a learned man, I left school at 14 years old with no qualifications and a very poor reading skill, Can I take this opportunity to thank all at FaithLife for their work. The Logos bible software has helped me enormously, to much to share here, but I just want to say thank you, my academic skills, understanding God's Word and my faith have all grown beyond my wildest dreams.