What the Ruth and Boaz’s relationship should teach us is, every woman can have a Boaz in her life; however, they should take note of his Lazy-az, Broke-az, Dumb-az past.

Ruth Rabbah, for example, states that Boaz showed greater restraint than Jacob’s son Joseph when Joseph was propositioned by his master’s wife. Yet, many Bible interpreters disagree with the ...

In “The Earth Is the LORD’s and the Fulness Thereof,” the British theologian Morris Joseph (1848-1930) writes about the purpose of Shavuot, the holiday during which the book of Ruth is read and that ...

Ruth and Boaz draw together. They have an intimate conversation (she grateful for his kindness, he declaring his admiration for her selflessness), ...

Ruth’s love for her mother-in-law—“Where you go, I will go”—led her to an unexpected, new love with Boaz. Moved by Ruth’s selflessness, Boaz invites Ruth to glean grain from his field ...

I have ordered the men not to molest you.” (Ruth 2:9) With these words, Boaz, the wealthy landowner, tells Ruth, the destitute Moabite, a stranger in Bethlehem, that she is not only free to ...

Ruth in Boaz's Field Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, 1828. Quite clearly, Ruth is an Abrahamic figure. Her story circles right back to Bereshit (12:1-3).

The Book of Ruth tells an important story in the history of Israel—but also reminds us to take seriously the lives of ordinary people—villagers, immigrants, married people, widows and the poor.

Ruth went behind the harvesters to glean; “as it turned out,” she followed them to a certain field of wheat; and “just then,” Boaz, the field owner, arrived from Bethlehem (Ruth 2:3–4 ...