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Back to category: English Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. The Plain Sense of Things Ruth The Book of Ruth, though short, plays a very significant role in the Bible. Ruth is really the only women in the entire bible to have an entire chapter devoted to her, however short that chapter may be. The Book of Ruth resembles the Book of Jonah, in that they both have a moral lesson, but this lesson may not be why the Book of Ruth was written. Because of the Book of Ruth, we know that during the time it was written it was not a completely patriarchal society, that women played a, small but never-the-less, role. Had the Book of Ruth never been written all both Christianity and Judaism would have had very different views of the significance of women. The Book of Ruth tells a story of a Hebrew woman named Naomi, who had two sons. After Naomi’s husband died she left with her two sons to the land of the Moabites. There, her two sons marri... Posted by: Carlos Hernandez Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. |
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