Key Verse: Ruth Chapter 1:16
"But Ruth replied, “Don’t ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God." NLT
Importance:
Ruth’s life was guided by faithfulness toward God and showed itself in loyalty toward the people she knew.
Purpose: To show how three people remained strong in character and true to God even when the society around them was collapsing.
Author: Unknown. Some believe it was Samuel, however, internal evidence suggests that it was written after Samuel's death.
Date Written: Sometime after the period of the judges (1375 - 1050 B.C,)
Key People: Ruth, Naomi, Boaz
Key Places: Moab, Bethlehem