Biography

Biblical- "Naomi is featured prominently in the Hebrew Bible, and in her stories, she is portrayed as a woman who both challenges and conforms to patriarchal expectations. Over the course of her stories, she has a complicated relationship with God, sometimes blaming God for her issues or concluding that God has forsaken her. Her stories, which appear in the Book of Ruth, concern her struggle to survive with her daughter-in-law, Ruth. Analyses of Naomi from a modern feminist lens include varied interpretations of her actions, but regardless of her position concerning the patriarchy, she dominates the stories in the Book of Ruth and effectively controls the situations of which she is a part."