Menyingkap Keagungan Karakter Rut dari dalam Bayang-Bayang: Penerapan Analisis Tokoh dalam Narasi Kitab Rut
Open Access
- 18 June 2021
- journal article
- Published by Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Seminari Alkitab Asia Tenggara in Veritas: Jurnal Teologi dan Pelayanan
- Vol. 20 (1), 51-70
- https://doi.org/10.36421/veritas.v20i1.415
Abstract
Artikel ini berupaya untuk menerapkan analisis tokoh utama dalam kitab Rut untuk mengungkapkan keagungan dari karakter Rut dan mengidentifikasi respons pembaca mula-mula. Analisis tokoh dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode dari Richard L. Pratt Jr. yang meliputi pemaparan penokohan, teknik penokohan dan tujuan penokohan, untuk menyelidiki karakter Naomi, Rut dan Boas sebagai tiga tokoh utama dalam kitab ini. Ketiga tokoh utama ini dianalisis dan dibandingkan untuk menemukan tujuan penokohan dalam kitab ini dan berusaha untuk mengidentifikasi respons pembaca mula-mula. Penulis kitab Rut menghadirkan keagungan Rut itu dalam bayang-bayang keasingannya (sebagai perempuan Moab) dan tokoh utama lainnya, seperti Naomi dan Boas. Pembaca kitab Rut diharapkan dapat mengevaluasi kerohanian mereka sebagai umat Allah, oleh karena menemukan adanya perempuan Moab yang justru mempunyai kehidupan yang lebih saleh daripada mereka. Dari pembaca juga diharapkan bangkit kesadaran tentang Allah Israel yang terbuka untuk semua bangsa dan bahwa bangsa-bangsa lain tidak selalu membawa keburukan bagi kehidupan umat Allah. This article is an effort to apply the character analysis in the book of Ruth that shows the excellence of Ruth and the response of the original readers. Character analysis was carried out using the method of Richard L. Pratt Jr., which includes the description of characterizations, characterization techniques, and characterization purposes, to investigate the characters of Naomi, Ruth, and Boaz as the three main characters in this book. These three characters are analyzed and compared to find the purpose of characterization and the reader’s response. Through this analysis, we can find that the author of the book of Ruth has a purpose to describe indirectly or subtly the noble character of Ruth in the shadows of her background as a Moabites and the other main characters, Naomi and Boaz. Through the reading of the book of Ruth, the first readers can evaluate their spirituality as God’s people because they find that there is a Moabite woman whose life is godlier than them. It also raises awareness that Israel’s God embraces all nations and that non-Israelites do not always negatively influence God’s people.Keywords
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