The book of Ruth

Report by:
Bacolor, Roanne Alyssa
Morales, Lorie Lou
 * Genealogy: the descent of David from Ruth
                                     
                     
                                     

 
              Elimelech Naomi      
   

                             
                                 
                           

                 
Boaz Ruth Mahlon       Orpah Chilion
                   

                                                         

      Obed                                          

                                                         

      Jesse                                          

                                                         

      David                                        
 *CHARACTERS
*Naomi- The one who loses her husband
*Elimelech- The husband of Naomi and father of Mahlon and
Chilion
*Boaz- a wealthy landowner of Bethlehem in Judea, and
kinsman of Elimelech, Naomi's late husband.
*Ruth- a woman who after being widowed remains with her
husband’s mother.
*Mahlon and Chilion- They were the sons of Elimelech of the
tribe of Judah and his wife Naomi. Together with their
parents, they settled in the land of Moab during the period
of the Israelite Judges. On foreign soil, Mahlon married the
Moabite convert[1] Ruth (Ruth 4:10) while Kilion married
the Moabite convert Orpah.
*Obed- was a son of Boaz and Ruth.

*Jesse- Jesse was the son of Obed, and the grandson of

Boaz and Ruth. He was a farmer and sheep breeder in
Bethlehem.

*David- he youngest son of the eight sons of Jesse the

Bethlehemite, the second and greatest of Israel’s
kings, the eloquent poet and one of the most
prominent figures in the history of the world
*THEMES
* Family

* Gender

* Humility

* Loyalty

* Sadness
*Judean Wilderness
Also known as Desert of Judah, Jeshimon, Midbar
Yehuda, Wilderness of Judaea, Wilderness of Judah
*Place of Refuge
* Because of its lack of water and good
routes, the Judean wilderness has been
(mostly) uninhabited throughout history.
Consequently it was an ideal place for
those seeking refuge from enemies or
retreat from the world. When on the
run from King Saul, David hid in various
places in the Judean wilderness (the
Wilderness(es) of Ziph, Maon, and En
Gedi are part of the Judean
Wilderness). John the Baptist preached
here, and it seems likely that this was
the wilderness where Jesus was
tempted. Herod the Great built two
fortresses (Herodium and Masada) in
this area for protection should his
people ever revolt against him.
*Nahal Darga
* The Nahal Darga is the largest wadi in
the northern Judean desert, and it is one
of the five largest in the entire Judean
desert. It is 27 miles (43 km) long and
drains about 89 sq. mi. (230 sq. km). The
Nahal Darga is up to 650 feet (200 m)
deep. Most wadis begin with an abrupt
drop of 100 meters (330 ft.), but this one
drops in a series of short falls, each less
than 10 meters (33 ft.). The water stays
in small pools at the bottom of each fall
because the narrow shape of the canyon
keeps sunlight from reaching it. These
pools are the most reliable source of
water north of En Gedi.
*Monastic Retreats
* In the Byzantine period, the Judean
wilderness was flooded with monks
seeking seclusion. One book about
this phenomenon is entitled The
Desert a City (by Derwas Chitty),
which appropriately captures the
situation. At the height of the
Byzantine period (the 6th century
AD), there were approximately 65
monasteries in the Judean desert.
The average distance between those
on the wilderness plateau was 2-3
miles, and they were linked by a
network of trails.
*Mar Saba Monastery
* Mar Saba was founded by Sabas in the year
483 and became the largest monastery in
the Judean wilderness. Sabas started or
participated in the construction of ten
monasteries, eight of them in the Judean
desert. Mar Saba was a laura-type
monastery, which served as the center for
monks who lived separately throughout the
week but gathered together on weekends
for communal prayer and mass. Most
monasteries were abandoned following the
Muslim conquest, but Mar Saba was one of
the few monasteries that continued to
survive. An earthquake destroyed much of
the monastery in 1834; a great deal of it
had to be reconstructed.
*Camels
* The Bible describes the ancient use of
the camel mainly as a beast of burden
for desert nomads. Although there is
some controversy as to when they
came into use, they were known to
have been used in Oman in 2500 BC.
They were also a good source of milk,
but could not be eaten. Camels can
lose up to one-third of their body
weight in water and then replenish that
loss within ten minutes. Their humps
(dromedaries/Arabian have only one),
fibrous masses of tissue and fat, serve
as energy reserves used on long
journeys across the desert.
*Grass Withers
* Every spring, the wilderness blossoms –
for a short time. Then the sun comes
out and everything dries up. Isaiah
40:6-8 (NIV) “The voice said, ‘Cry
out!’ And he said, ‘What shall I cry?’
‘All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness
is like the flower of the field. The
grass withers, the flower fades,
because the breath of the Lord blows
upon it; surely the people are grass.
The grass withers, the flower fades,
but the word of our God stands
forever.’”
* Levirate marriage is a type of marriage in which the brother of a
deceased man is obliged to marry his brother's widow. The term
levirate is itself a derivative of the Latin word levir meaning
"husband's brother".

* In theology, divine providence, or just providence, is God's

intervention in the universe. The term "Divine Providence" (usually
capitalized) is also used as a title of God. A distinction is usually
made between "general providence", which refers to God's
continuous upholding the existence and natural order of the
universe, and "special providence", which refers to God's
extraordinary intervention in the life of people. Miracles generally
fall in the latter category