Book of Ruth
literary work
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The Book of Ruth (Hebrew: מְגִלַּת רוּת, Megillath Ruth, "the Scroll of Ruth", one of the Five Megillot) is part of the third (final) division — Writings (Ketuvim) — of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh). In common printed Hebrew Bible ordering, the book appears between Song of Songs and Lamentations. The book was likely written in Hebrew during the Persian period (c. 550–330 BCE). It narrates the story of Ruth, a Moabite, who follows her Judean mother-in-law Naomi returning to her family’s ancestral town of Bethlehem, after the deaths of their husbands. Ruth’s loyalty to Naomi leads to Ruth’s marriage to Boaz, the family’s Judahite kinsman. The two produce a son Obed who becomes the grandfather of Israel’s King David.
Adaptations (1)
Book of Ruth was adapted into a 1960 film.
The Story of Ruth1960 · film · 132 min · dir. Henry Koster · IMDb ↗IMDb6.7Ruth is one of two Moabite women who marry the sons of Elimelech and Naomi. When Elimelech and sons Mahlon and Chillion die, leaving Naomi a widow with two widowed daughters-in-law, Naomi decides to return to Israel. One daughter-in-law, Orpah, bids her goodbye. Daughter-in-law Ruth however says she will not desert her.
