Ruth

Ruth’s consumption of barley and wheat gleaned from the field of Boaz was an integral step in her transformation from a “foreigner” who arrived from the fields of Moab to a “daughter” in Judah.

A tale of chesed and chuzpah

A look at Naomi’s theology, as expressed in her poem, and how it carries her through her grief and back into productive engagement.

The book of Ruth presents a different model of justice from that afforded by statute, custom, and precedent, one that seeks restorative as opposed to retributive justice.^[1]