User:Exfilia/What the Bible Says/Ruth/Ruth2

Perspective: this resource is written with the following perspective: Post-evangelical Christianity, which incorporates a litero-normal perspective. Its authors are committed to maintaining a high level of scholarly ethics.

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Directions

Read Ruth 2 in your preferred translation and in the King James Version. What differences do you find? How do they affect the passage's meaning?

If there are words in the passage that you're not familiar with, look them up now in Wiktionary or your dictionary of choice.

The Quiz

To test your understanding, complete the following texts based on the KJV version of Ruth 2. Yes, this is an open Book quiz.

1. Fill in the blanks:

It being the time of the barley harvest, Ruth went to glean in the fields to get a living for herself and Naomi. Boaz, a kinsman of Ehimelech, noticed her in his field. Boaz told Ruth he'd heard how she took care of Naomi. He told her to stay with his maids and help herself to the water drawn for them, and to come at lunchtime and eat with his people.

That night Ruth took the barley home to Naomi, and some food left over from lunch, and she told Naomi about Boaz. Naomi was glad, and Ruth worked with Boaz's people through the barley and wheat harvests.

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Discussion question

1. Why was it so good that Ruth was told to stay with Boaz's people?
2. How do you think Naomi knew that someone had taken knowledge of Ruth?

Optional Activities

Won't change much from passage to passage

1. What other passages of scripture reference this one? What passages does this one reference?
2. Research the effect this passage has had on the thought of one or more theologians.
3. Research ways in which this passage has been used in art, music and literature.
4. Research the ways in which this passage has been or might be used in your congregation's worship.
5. Create an original work of art based on this passage.
6. Design a way to use this passage in your personal devotions.
7. Design a way to teach this passage to preliterate children: a skit, a feltboard presentation, a game, a craft activity, whatever.
8. Design a way to use this passage to address the needs of some specific population: nursing home residents, grief support group, etc.
9. Memory verse: choose the verse from this passage that seems most significant to you, and commit it to memory together with its chapter and verse reference. For example, "Romans 13:1--Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God."