A beautiful pastoral story, considered a literary gem by critics.
One of two books in the Bible in which a woman is the principal character, Ruth and Esther.
1] RUTH, a Moabite, married a Hebrew husband.
2] ESTHER, a Jewess, married a Gentile king.
AUTHOR: Unknown; possibly Samuel.
DATE WRITTEN: 1046–1035 B.C.(?)
PURPOSE: To show how a Gentile Woman became one of the ancestors of Christ.
TO WHOM WRITTEN: The nation of Israel, and possibly surrounding Gentile peoples.
MAIN THEME: The Kinsman-Redeemer, a type of Christ, truly liberates, when he fulfills his divinely ordained function.
KEY WORD: Redemption.
KEY VERSES: Ruth 1:16; 4:4.
SYNOPSIS:
I. BY SUBJECT, How a young Moabite woman’s life was enriched.
(1) By a beautiful constancy and wise choice, Ruth 1:16.
(2) By humble industriousness, Ruth 2:2–3.
(3) By accepting counsel from an older friend, Ruth 3:1–5.
(4) By a providential marriage, Ruth 4:10–11.
(5) By exaltation to a royal line, Ruth 4:13–17.
II. BY HISTORICAL ANALYSIS, the time of the Judges.
(1) The time in Moab, Ruth 1:1–5.
(2) The sad return to Bethlehem, Ruth 1:6–22.
(3) Ruth gleans in the fields of Boaz, Ruth 2.
(4) Her marriage to Boaz, Ruth 4:13.
(5) The birth of her son, the grandfather of David, Ruth 4:13–16.
(6) The genealogy of David, Ruth 4:18–22.
PROMINENT PEOPLE: Elimelech, Ruth, Naomi, Boaz, Obed, Jesse, David.
Frank Charles Thompson and John Stephen Jauchen, eds., Thompson Chain Bible Book Outlines, Updated and Expanded., The Thompson Chain-Reference Bible (Indianapolis, IN: B.B. Kirkbride Bible Co., Inc., 1997), 2059–2060.
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