Photograph: An illustration of The Art Bible from 1896, of Ruth, a Moabite woman famed for her friendship with her mother-in-law Naomi, an Israelite. Photo credit: Internet Archive Book Image, Creative Commons.
Below are messages, small group leader notes, and exegetical notes on the Book of Ruth.
Notes and Essays on Ruth
The Heir of David: A Thematic and Canonical Analysis of the Writings
Essay exploring how the Writings — the third group of the Hebrew Bible according to the Jewish tradition — are arranged. There is a garden-to-exile-to-restoration theme that can be discerned in the orderings of the books in the Writings. The Writings develop the readers’ hope in the Heir of David as the one who will bring about the restoration from exile, and return to the garden land.