Ruth

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biblical book book of the Hebrew Bible book of the Old Testament

Ruth is a book of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that tells the story of a Moabite woman whose loyalty and faith lead to her becoming an ancestor of King David.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Book of Ruth 5
Reading of the Book of Ruth 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical book ⓘ
book of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
book of the Old Testament ⓘ
canonicalStatus canonical in Catholicism ⓘ
canonical in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
canonical in Judaism ⓘ
canonical in Protestantism ⓘ
concludesWith genealogy from Perez to David ⓘ
containsGenealogyOf Jesse ⓘ
King David ⓘ
Obed ⓘ
featuresCustom gleaning ⓘ
kinsman-redeemer ⓘ
levirate-like marriage ⓘ
follows Judges ⓘ
surface form: Book of Judges
genre narrative ⓘ
short story ⓘ
hasApproximateDateOfComposition Persian period (approx. 5th–4th century BCE) ⓘ
hasLanguage Hebrew ⓘ
surface form: Biblical Hebrew
hasMainCharacter Boaz ⓘ
Naomi ⓘ
Ruth self-linksurface differs ⓘ
hasNumberOfChapters 4 ⓘ
hasTheme divine providence ⓘ
faithfulness ⓘ
inclusion of foreigners ⓘ
kindness ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
identifiesRuthAs Moabite woman ⓘ
mentionsFigure Chilion ⓘ
Elimelech ⓘ
Mahlon ⓘ
Orpah ⓘ
narratesEvent Ruth’s loyalty to Naomi ⓘ
Ruth’s marriage to Boaz ⓘ
Ruth’s migration from Moab to Bethlehem ⓘ
birth of Obed ⓘ
partOf Bible ⓘ
surface form: Christian Old Testament

Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Ketuvim ⓘ
Writings ⓘ
precedes 1 Samuel ⓘ
surface form: First Book of Samuel
readOn Shavuot ⓘ
recognizedInTraditionAs ancestor narrative of David ⓘ
setIn Bethlehem ⓘ
Judges period ⓘ
Moab ⓘ
usedIn Jewish liturgy ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jesse → appearsInBook → Ruth ⓘ
Shaddai → appearsInBook → Ruth ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Ruth
Shavuot → associatedText → Ruth ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Ruth
Ketuvim → containsBook → Ruth ⓘ
Writings → containsBook → Ruth ⓘ
1 Samuel → follows → Ruth ⓘ
this entity surface form: Book of Ruth
Ruth → hasMainCharacter → Ruth self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Book of Ruth
this entity surface form: Book of Ruth
Judges → precedes → Ruth ⓘ
subject surface form: Book of Judges
this entity surface form: Book of Ruth
subject surface form: Shavuot
this entity surface form: Reading of the Book of Ruth