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The Book of Ruth (Hebrew: מְגִלַּת רוּת, Megillath Ruth, "the Scroll of Ruth", one of the Five Megillot) is included in the third division, or the Writings , of the Hebrew Bible. In most Christian canons it is treated as one of the historical books and placed between Judges and 1 Samuel .
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 Book of Joshua Judges: Judices: Judges: The Book of Judges Ruth: Ruth: Ruth: The Book of Ruth 1 Samuel: 1 Samuelis also known as 1 Regum: 1 Kings: The First Book of Samuel, otherwise called the First Book of the Kings 2 Samuel: 2 Samuelis also known as 2 Regum: 2 Kings: The Second Book of Samuel, otherwise called the Second Book of the ...
Ruth; Esther; Daniel; Song of Songs; The Book of Ruth is commonly dated to the Persian period. [79] Esther to the 3rd or 4th centuries BCE; the Book of Daniel can be dated more precisely to 164 BCE thanks to its veiled prophecy of the death of a Greek king of Syria; [80] and the Song of Songs could have been composed at any time after the 6th ...
An aerial view of the Harvard University campus at night in July 2017. The history of Harvard University begins in 1636, when Harvard College was founded in New Towne, a settlement founded six years earlier in colonial-era Massachusetts Bay Colony, one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
The 4th-century Christian bishop Athanasius of Alexandria was the first to label this collection of biblical books as "histories". [3] This term is misleading for three reasons: The books are not 'historical' in the modern sense of the word, namely attempting to describe events "as they really were".
The Bible is the world's most published book, with estimated total sales of over five billion copies. [180] As such, the Bible has had a profound influence, especially in the Western world, [181] [182] where the Gutenberg Bible was the first book printed in Europe using movable type. [183]
The Masoretic Text is the basis of modern Jewish and Christian bibles. While difficulties with biblical texts make it impossible to reach sure conclusions, perhaps the most widely held hypothesis is that it embodies an overall scheme of 4,000 years (a "great year") taking the re-dedication of the Temple by the Maccabees in 164 BCE as its end-point. [4]