Book of Ruth

The Book of Ruth is placed by the modern Jewish canon among the Hagiographa, the unrelated body of holy writings which form the third section of the bible. The book has sometimes been regarded as a mere appendix to Judges or even as an actual part of that book, a detached story similar to that of the migration of Dan or the war against Benjamin. The story of Ruth is represented as happening during the period of the judges, and has a direct historical bearing in that it tells of the ancestors of King David. The authorship of the Book of Ruth is not known, although it was probably composed in the days after the Exile. From a literary standpoint, the Book of Ruth is highly valued. It is a pastoral idyl, almost a poem, depicting the life of the Israelites in their days of peace.

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