The biblical figure Naomi represents loyalty and proto-feminist women’s bonds

Evidence

Michele has done historical research on Judaism’s overlooked female figures, and I was hoping to go a little deeper on the origin story of my/our name. “It’s all about loyalty,” Michele says of the biblical story. Ruth’s loyalty to Naomi after the deaths of their respective husbands makes her, in the words of Bethlehem’s village women, “better … than seven sons.” … This is a nice message, we agree, even a proto-feminist message, about women’s bonds beyond bloodlines. — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 297

Categorization

• DEFINE: Establishes the biblical origin of the name Naomi as about loyalty between women — possibly a counter-pattern to the doubling device (the true Naomi as the loyal non-mirror).