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Ruth Boaz painting Wiki Commons images My Mini-Bible Study for 2019 Read the Bible in a Year Using The NRSV Daily Bible Today’s Reading 3/04/2019     Day 63   Ruth 3:1 - 4:22 Reflection: Background by Center of Biblical Studies. Background by Chabad.org.  Yar Zakovitch writes in NOAVB5 - Naomi tells Ruth what to do; Ruth encounters Boaz. Ruth is Redeemed and becomes Boaz wife; lineage to Boaz - Obed - Jesse - David. Meditation/Contemplate: What is your lineage and how has God blessed you throughout the ages? Prayer: I thank you, Eternal One, for the generations you made before me, and the faith that was handed down to me through them and the Holy Spirit. The Next Seven Days of Readings 3/5/2019      Day 64 1 Samuel 1:1 – 3:21 3/6/2019      Day 65 1 Samuel 4:1 – 7:17 3/7/2019      Day 66 1 Samuel 8:1 – 12:2...

Read |  Tuesday | April 7 | Ruth 1:1 – 4:12 Date | From the Conquest to the Kings, the period of the Judges extends some 200 to 300 years. Background |  In the Hebrew canon, Ruth appears after the book of Proverbs as an example of the “woman of valor” or “capable” woman mentioned in   Proverbs 31:10   (the same phrase appears in   Ruth 3:11 ). In the Christian canon, however, Ruth is a bridge from the chaos the ends the book of Judges to the story of David that begins in 1 Samuel. Whichever larger canonical placement the book of Ruth is given, Ruth tells the story of King David’s surprising ancestry. Through a series of unexpected circumstances, Ruth becomes the great-grandmother of David.  ... More click here from Center of Biblical Studies about Ruth. “Landscape with Ruth and Boaz” (detail), Joseph Anton Koch, 1823 Read | Famine; return to Bethlehem; sons die; Ruth the Moahbite does not want to leave;  Naomi changes name to Mara because...