The Threshing Floor A Place Associated With Sexual Activity

I believe it is reasonable to infer from deuteronomy 16 13 15 and hosea 9 1 2 that there was a certain amount of celebration associated with the threshing floor because this threshing took place at the end of the grain harvest.

The threshing floor a place associated with sexual activity. In hosea 9 1 yhwh declares. Naomi s plan to provide security for herself and ruth by arranging a levirate marriage with boaz is overtly sexual. 4 5 sex kabobs retelling the bible. Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor.

The threshing floor was the place where this activity took place. The threshing floor was a place associated with sexual congress both licit and illicit. Then go down to the threshing floor but don t let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking. Boaz in any case has ruth stay all night.

Do not rejoice o israel with joy like other peoples for you have played the harlot against your god. Sex on the threshing floor. Do not rejoice o israel with joy like other peoples for you have played the harlot against your god. Ruth is to go to the threshing floor a place associated with sexual activity wait until boaz has finished eating and drinking a possible allusion to the story of lot and his daughters ancestors through incest of the.

You have made love for hire on every threshing floor. So what is the point of calling attention to the fact that boaz will be at the threshing floor that evening. The activity of treading grain with the feet on a threshing floor for the purpose of producing in this instance barley seed has a transferred meaning at the human level. The threshing floor was the place where this activity took place.

It is a picture of blessing and judgment and i will explain that as i go along. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. The story takes place within the ethical landscape of its own time. It was a level windy place where the grain was separated from the chaff.

One thought on episode 2 3 what happens on the threshing floor pingback. The threshing floor was a place associated with sexual congress both licit and illicit. You have made love for hire on every threshing floor. She lies at his feet until morning.

In hosea 9 1 yhwh declares. 4 when he lies down note the place where he is lying. The assumption is in fact that sexual harassment and violence are common during the harvest and that boaz is not doing anything to stop it.