Reading the Megillot: A Literary and Theological Commentary - Paperbackby Jeanette Mathews (Author) The Jewish festival scrolls known as the Megillot is a collection of Old Testament books that recognize that life itself with all its joys and griefs, successes and failures, achievements and yearnings can be a key to interpreting Scripture. In Reading the Megillot, Jeanette Mathews uses her own translations to reimagine each book as a different type of performance: Song of Songs as a Greek play, Ruth as a miniseries,