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Mar 25, 2024 · The Book of Ruth is an esteemed biblical text grounded in its exalted depiction of women, their character traits, loyalty, and roles. It stands not only as a historic narrative but also as a testament of women’s critical role in fulfilling God's Plan. The key women in this book are Ruth and her mother-in-law, Naomi.
- Leading Up to David
- The Missing Opening of The David Story
- David’s Moabite Origins
- David’s Moabite Ancestry in Rabbinic Literature
- Ruth as A Corrective to The David and Solomon Foreigners Tradition
- Reading Ruth on Shavuot Because of David’s Yahrzeit and Birthday
It takes 79 verses for the author of the Book of Ruth to make the book’s main point concerning the origin of King David. This makes the book in some sense an 80 verse birth story: Elsewhere in the Tanach we find that the last person in a genealogy is the protagonist of the story (see, e.g., for Saul 1 Sam 9:1-2; for Mordechai and Esther, Esth 2:5-7...
Moses is saved from the Nile, Samuel is born to a barren woman, but where is David’s birth story? Abraham is introduced with a genealogy, King Saul is introduces with a genealogy, but, other than naming his father (Jesse), David’s genealogy is missing from the Book of Samuel, a book with more than 40 chapters dedicated to David’s life. The Bible te...
I would like to suggest another possibility: the Bible doesn’t tell the story of his birth, give his genealogy, or talk about his mother because of a controversial element in his lineage which it prefers to avoid discussing. Specifically, the tradition found in Ruth of David’s descent from a Moabite woman is simply one version of an ancient traditi...
Whether they are extrapolating based on the tradition in Ruth, or whether they have preserved ancient traditions, the rabbis assume that David’s Moabite ancestry caused him problems. For example, when Abner brings David forward to meet the king after his defeat of Goliath, Saul asks him: “Whose son are you, young man?” (בֶּן־מִ֥י אַתָּ֖ה הַנָּ֑עַר;...
If I am correct that the claim of foreignness haunted the Davidic line, perhaps the book of Ruth is meant as a corrective, not by denying but by embracing this tradition. By telling a story about the great grandmother of David, we find a pious woman who has adopted Yahwistic practices, rather than a Chemosh worshiping princess.Ruth’s author has pen...
The custom of reading Ruth on Shavuot is first attested in Masechet Sofrim (18), an eighth century non-canonical halachic treatise. The peculiarity of this tradition is noted in a 13th century midrashic collection, Ruth Zuta: The author of this midrash is impelled to ask the question precisely because no Talmudic tradition makes this connection, no...
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The Book of Ruth is a well-loved short story. Part of this affection is that the narrative has all the elements of good drama: an engaging plot, interesting characters, tension, romance, conflict, people overcoming hardship, and so much more. The moving account ends like a Cinderella story, in which the two main figures find love, marry, and ...
Feb 8, 2021 · In the biblical story of Ruth, two women make their way toward the village of Bethlehem five miles south of Jerusalem, the hometown of King David. Both women are widows. Naomi is perhaps in her ...
Ruth distinguishes herself by her hard work and modesty. Ruth again shows her true conversion to God by not exhibiting the seductive characteristics usually associated with Moabites. Instead, her work ethic catches the landowner’s attention. In chapter two, she introduces and identifies herself as a foreigner and a servant or handmaiden. Ruth ...
Microsoft Word - NCC-Womens-Bible-Study-Ruth_FINAL.docx. Topic: The Book of Ruth. Historical Context (From Zondervan Study Bible) • Author: Unknown. • Audience: God’s chosen people, the Israelites. • Setting: A time of peace between Israel and Moab. The book is silent about the possible underlying hostility between the Judahites and the ...
Aug 28, 2009 · Ruth is an example of loyal love not only in her decision to leave her family and her country to go with Naomi to Bethlehem but throughout the book as she lives out her promise to stay with Naomi and to make Naomi’s God her God.
