Book of Ruth

The interwovenness of kindness in the book of Ruth is unparalleled in any other book of the TaNaKh (aside from the "hesed" or "chesed" of the LORD). Although it appears that Ruth's kindness results in positive rewards, which it certainly does, that is not what the Book of Ruth is about, though. Further, it would be faulty to attribute Ruth to being simply a story of a cause and effect relationship between kindness and positive things. Such as the cause being kindness with results in the effect…

Ruth Ruth is a book of the Bible that is about redemption and love through the actions of a foreigner remaining loyal to her mother-in-law. Naomi basically thought there was no future left for her and she thought God had left her. After losing her husband Elimelech and her sons Mahlon and Chilion, all she had left were her daughter-in-law’s, Orpah and Ruth. Since Orpah decided to go back to her family, Ruth remained with her mother-in-law. The book of Ruth doesn’t name who the author is but…

After reading the book Ruth in the Bible, I was surprised at how similar the stories really were. In both stories, Boaz is extremely kind and good to Ruth, even if she was a foreigner. I was very happy to find this similarity because this point stuck out strongly to me when reading Ruth and Boaz. There were two different parts of the story that, in my opinion, were not similar. There is no proof of these two points being different however, for the author of Ruth and Boaz has written down nothing…

Evaluate the relevance of the book of Ruth in light of today's culture of broken promises. The book of Ruth can be compared of todays’ broken promises with our relationship with God, marriage, relationship with men and women. First, let’s begin with the relationship with the Lord in our modern day. Today, we have distance ourselves from God when it comes to relationship. When we look for a partner or spouse, you begin to think will he/she like me? How should I approach him/her? Is he/she right…

The Story of Ruth Ruth story was written by an unknown author in speculation that the date was 1100 B.C. During the time of judges rule in Israel, a great famine came upon the land. Naomi and her sons was take by her husband Elimelech to Moab from Bethlehem. Naomi’s sons took two Moab brides by the name of Orpah and Ruth. Elimelech dies and soon his two sons follow in death. Naomi advised her two daughter in laws to return home. Naomi knew how important it was for two young women to have a…

into my eyes. I was familiar with Ruth’s story. I read it once while sipping coffee with Ginger in Seaside Books. After Ruth’s husband died, her mother-in-law, Naomi, was the only family member left. She refused to leave Naomi, an Israelite, and traveled with her to Bethlehem. The story ends with love and joy. Ruth finds marriage and the means to support her mother-in-law. “The story of Ruth fascinates me, and it is also the reason I have always been strong against the Mother Country. You see,…

In the novel “Small Great Things” by Jodi Picoult, the main character Ruth Jefferson demonstrates many acts of our school motto, “Leadership, Honor, Courage” in many different ways. Ruth is an African American labor and delivery nurse, who has been working at Mercy-West Haven Hospital for 20 years. She has always struggled with racism ever since she was little. When Ruth is put in charge of watching and caring for baby David, who was delivered a couple of hours before her shift, she soon…

The next theme in the novel is Naomi guiding Ruth to accept Boaz as her next husband. Naomi wants to provide her with a secure permanent home, when she notices that the Lords hints of Boaz kindness. She then knows that the Lord has plans for Boaz and Ruth. Ruth trusts Naomi and the Lords plan for her so she accepts what Naomi tells her to do. Naomi then instructs Ruth to dress up and meet him at the threshing floor after he had fallen asleep. “Then go and…

The stories of Samson and Ruth offer an interesting contrast in regards to who was more faithful to Torah. Ruth, who is suffering greatly after losing her husband converts to Judaism, “…your people shall be my people, and your God my God. Where you die, I will die…” (Ruth 1:16). Boaz recognized that Ruth had surrendered to God when he says, “I have been fully informed of all that you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the…

has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.” In “The Book of Ruth,” loyalty is a main theme as Ruth stays with Naomi, and sacrifices everything. Naomi loses her husband when they arrive in Moab. Ten years later, her sons, Mahlon and Chilion, die and leave their wives, Ruth and Oprah. Oprah leaves her mother-in-law, but Ruth stays loyal to her and sacrifices all she has to stay with Naomi. Throughout the story, Ruth, Naomi, and Boaz’s characters develop, and they show their true…