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Naomi entreating Ruth and Orpah to return to the land of Moab by William Blake, 1795 "The Gleaners", an engraving illustrating the Book of Ruth by Gustave Doré (1832–1883). Naomi and Ruth return to Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest and, in order to support her mother-in-law and herself, Ruth goes to the fields to glean.
Mahlon (Hebrew: מַחְלוֹן Maḥlōn) and Chilion or Kilion (כִּלְיוֹן Ḵilyōn) were two brothers mentioned in the Book of Ruth. They were the sons of Elimelech of the tribe of Judah and his wife Naomi. Together with their parents, they settled in the land of Moab during the period of the Israelite Judges.
Orpah (right) leaving Ruth and Naomi. Engraving by Hendrik Goltzius, 1576. Woodcut by Julius Schnorr von Karolsfeld. Orpah (Hebrew: עָרְפָּה ʿOrpā, meaning "neck" or "fawn") is a woman mentioned in the Book of Ruth in the Hebrew Bible. She was from Moab and was the daughter-in-law of Naomi and wife of Chilion. [1]
Naomi says she’ll return to Israel. The women weep together. One daughter-in-law finally agrees to go back to her family. But the second daughter-in-law, Ruth, refuses. She vows to stick with Naomi.
Ruth marries Boaz, and they have a son, for whom Naomi cares, [4] and so the women of the town say: "Naomi has a son" . In this way, the book can be seen to be Naomi's story: Gregory Goswell argues that Naomi is the central character of the book, whereas Ruth is the main character. [11]
The story of Ruth as told in the Book of Ruth was likely written in Hebrew during the Persian period (550–330 BCE). [3] [4] Scholars generally consider the book to be a work of historical fiction, [5] [6] while evangelical scholars hold that it is a historical narrative written in the form of a short story. [7]
The son of Salmon, [7] Boaz was a wealthy landowner of Bethlehem in Judea, and relative of Elimelech, Naomi's late husband. [8] He notices Ruth, the widowed Moabite daughter-in-law of Naomi, a relative of his (see family tree), gleaning grain in his fields. He soon learns of the difficult circumstances her family is in and Ruth's loyalty to ...
The Story of Ruth is a 1960 American historical romance film directed by Henry Koster, shot in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color, and released by 20th Century Fox.The screenplay, written by Norman Corwin, is an adaptation of the biblical Book of Ruth.