Bible Dictionary: Book Of Ruth

◄ Book Of Ruth ►

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Book Of Ruth

contains the history of Ruth, as narrated in the preceding article. The main object of the writer is evidently to give an account of David's ancestors; and the book was avowedly composed long after the time of the heroine. See (Ruth 1:1; 4:7,17) Its date and author are quite uncertain. Tradition is in favor of Samuel. It is probable that the books of Judges, Ruth, Samuel and Kings originally formed but one work. The book of Ruth clearly forms part of the books of Samuel, supplying as it does the essential point of David's genealogy and early family history, and is no less clearly connected with the book of Judges by its opening verse and the epoch to which the whole book relates.

Library

Ruth
... RUTH. Goethe has characterized the book of Ruth as the loveliest little
idyll that tradition has transmitted to us. Whatever be its ...
//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction to the old testament/ruth.htm

Ruth
... salvation. But what is there necessary to our salvation in the Book of Ruth?
No doubt ... David.'. And so ends the Book of Ruth. Now, my ...
/.../kingsley/the water of life and other sermons/sermon x ruth.htm

Ruth and Naomi.
... Then the story informs us"you will find it in the Bible, in the Book of Ruth"that
Orpah kissed her mother-in-law and departed; but Ruth clave unto her ...
/.../anonymous/mother stories from the old testament/ruth and naomi.htm

The Christian's Book
... this way. Even a small book like Ruth, which seems to be only a little pleasant
story, has an important part to perform. Without it ...
/.../sell/studies in the life of the christian/study vi the christians book.htm

A Gentle Heroine, a Gentile Convert
... THE BOOK OF RUTH A GENTLE HEROINE, A GENTILE CONVERT. 'And Ruth said, Intreat
me not to leave thee, or to return from following after ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/a gentle heroine a gentile.htm

Expositions of Holy Scripture
... A BATTLE WITHOUT A SWORD. STRENGTH PROFANED AND LOST. THE BOOK OF RUTH. A GENTLE
HEROINE, A GENTILE CONVERT. THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL. THE CHILD PROPHET. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/

Judges and Ruth.
... (8) The method of divine deliverance. Ruth. This book together with the Judges treats
the life of Israel from the rule of death of Joshua to the rule of Eli. ...
/.../the way of salvation in the lutheran church/chapter vii judges and ruth.htm

The Canonical Books.
... of Moses, that is, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy; one book of
Joshua the son of Nun; one of Judges; one short book called Ruth, which seems ...
/.../on christian doctrine in four books /chapter 8 the canonical books.htm

Now the Whole Canon of Scripture on which we Say this Judgment is ...
... of Moses, that is, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy; one book of
Joshua the son of Nun; one of Judges; one short book called Ruth, which seems ...
/.../augustine/on christian doctrine in four books/chapter 13 now the whole.htm

The Story of Ruth, the Gleaner
The Wonder Book of Bible Stories. <. ... THE STORY OF RUTH, THE GLEANER.
In the time of the Judges in Israel, a man named ...
/.../marshall/the wonder book of bible stories/the story of ruth the.htm

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