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Joseph
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I'm really not loving the depiction of these other Jews. Kinda leaning into some anti-Semitic tropes here.
— May 16, 2026 10:03PM
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Joseph
is on page 229 of 278
Kinda wondering why Ruth didn't sell all these fancy clothes if they're so poor, but I guess they have sentimental value if her dad made them.
— May 19, 2026 09:15AM
Joseph
is on page 209 of 278
"The young maidens wondering at the meaning of Boaz's action, and the young men not wondering at all."
Okay, that's kind of a funny joke.
— May 18, 2026 10:08PM
Okay, that's kind of a funny joke.
Joseph
is on page 198 of 278
Did we need a Random Rapist? And he's so casual about it that it comes off as unintentionally silly.
— May 18, 2026 04:22PM
Joseph
is on page 196 of 278
"Not since she had married Mahlon had she contemplated other men, and she was not yet ready to do so."
Please, I pointed out earlier that you were checking someone out, and I'm 90% sure that he's gonna turn out to be Boaz.
— May 18, 2026 03:37PM
Please, I pointed out earlier that you were checking someone out, and I'm 90% sure that he's gonna turn out to be Boaz.
Joseph
is on page 194 of 278
"Naomi Ben Elimelech."
Um. I don't think that is correct.
— May 18, 2026 02:21PM
Um. I don't think that is correct.
Joseph
is on page 173 of 278
It's a little awkward, jumping from thinking about her dead husband to "ooh, that guy's hot."
— May 18, 2026 11:14AM
Joseph
is on page 127 of 278
Typo: Missing quotation mark before "We owe her?"
— May 16, 2026 10:04PM
Joseph
is on page 87 of 278
First of all, Passover seders as they exist now may well not have been a thing at this point. Secondly, "not allowed to recline" is the EXACT OPPOSITE OF RIGHT.
— May 16, 2026 10:02PM
Joseph
is on page 69 of 278
"But it could have been a full planet away..."
Okay, that's the worst anachronism yet.
— May 16, 2026 09:55PM
Okay, that's the worst anachronism yet.
Joseph
is on page 61 of 278
"And as for the matter of Ruth's devotion to a pagan deity, proselytism was not a requirement of Jewish law for foreign wives."
Um. Citation definitely fucking needed for that. Maybe reread Exodus 34, Ezra 9-10 and Nehemiah 13.
— May 16, 2026 09:52PM
Um. Citation definitely fucking needed for that. Maybe reread Exodus 34, Ezra 9-10 and Nehemiah 13.

