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b'This passage is a sultry seduction and we do scripture a disservice when we try to \\u201cclean it up\\u201d and make it chaste. But it\\u2019s not necessarily fun and carefree. In this episode, we take a close look at sex and seduction.\\nRuth 3:1-5, 4:13-17\\nNaomi her mother-in-law said to her, \\u201cMy daughter, shouldn\\u2019t I seek security for you, so that things might go well for you? Now isn\\u2019t Boaz, whose young women you were with, our relative? Tonight he will be winnowing barley at the threshing floor. You should bathe, put on some perfume, wear nice clothes, and then go down to the threshing floor. Don\\u2019t make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking. When he lies down, notice the place where he is lying. Then go, uncover his feet, and lie down. And he will tell you what to do.\\u201d\\nRuth replied to her, \\u201cI\\u2019ll do everything you are telling me.\\u201d\\nSo Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife.\\nHe was intimate with her, the Lord let her become pregnant, and she gave birth to a son. The women said to Naomi, \\u201cMay the Lord be blessed, who today hasn\\u2019t left you without a redeemer. May his name be proclaimed in Israel. He will restore your life and sustain you in your old age. Your daughter-in-law who loves you has given birth to him. She\\u2019s better for you than seven sons.\\u201d Naomi took the child and held him to her breast, and she became his guardian. The neighborhood women gave him a name, saying, \\u201cA son has been born to Naomi.\\u201d They called his name Obed. He became Jesse\\u2019s father and David\\u2019s grandfather.\\n\\n\\n \\n \\n \\nThe post Seduction \\u2013 Ruth 3:1-5, 4:13-17 appeared first on Queer Theology.'