Ruth

E19795

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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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Ruth canonical	21
Book of Ruth	5
Ruth and Boaz	2
Ruth the Moabite	2
Naomi (mother-in-law of Ruth)	1
Reading of the Book of Ruth	1
Ruth (biblical figure)	1
Ruth is Naomi's daughter-in-law	1
Ruth, the biblical figure	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 (35)

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

Writings → containsBook → Ruth ⓘ

Ketuvim → containsBook → Ruth ⓘ

Ketuvim → traditionalJewishOrder → Ruth ⓘ

Ketuvim → includesMegillot → Ruth ⓘ

Jewish feast of Shavuot → traditionalObservance → Ruth ⓘ

subject surface form: Shavuot

this entity surface form: Reading of the Book of Ruth

Shavuot → associatedText → Ruth ⓘ