Ruth

Set “in the days when the judges ruled,” Ruth tells a quiet, luminous story against a violent age: Naomi returns to Bethlehem empty and bitter, and her Moabite daughter-in-law Ruth clings to her with a vow of covenant loyalty — “your people shall be my people, and your God my God.” In the field of Boaz, a worthy kinsman-redeemer, the hidden hand of God’s providence gathers up gleaning, kindness, and redemption until the empty are filled. The book closes with a genealogy that turns out to be the point: Ruth becomes the great-grandmother of King David, and so stands in the line of the promised Messiah. Each chapter has a full deep study and a short summary handout.

Deep study	Summary
Ruth 1 — Naomi’s Bitter Return and Ruth’s Covenant Loyalty	Handout →
Ruth 2 — Ruth Gleans in the Field of Boaz	Handout →
Ruth 3 — Ruth and Boaz at the Threshing Floor	Handout →
Ruth 4 — Boaz Redeems Ruth and the Line of David	Handout →