Ruth

Covers Ruth 1

The ironic contrast that opens the book of Ruth — a faithless Israelite family fleeing the promised land for Moab, set against a Moabite woman from a cursed people who forsakes her gods to claim Yahweh as her own and prove the truly faithful one.

Covers Ruth 4

A brief pointer to an earlier reflection on Ruth 4 and Deuteronomy 23, rather than a new post, directing readers to those thoughts on Ruth the Moabite and the law.