The events of Ruth took place during the period of the judges that was more than three thousands years ago. Bethlehem in Hebrew are two words which means house of bread. Ironically Bethlehem encountered a famine and forced Elimelech (Elimeleck another spelling), his wife and his two sons to migrate in the land of Moab. The book of Ruth is a very simple story about Naomi, wife of Elimelech, after the death of her husband, her two sons took Moabite wives and stayed in Moab for another ten years. Tragically, Naomi’s two sons also died. Naomi then took a drastic decision to return to Bethlehem, initially her two daughters-in-law followed her, Naomi persuaded them to turn back to Moab. At the end, Orpah left but Ruth insisted to follow her.
To read a book in the old testament, we may find it very hard to understand as we have no background information. Ruth is a book found in the old testament that contains only four chapters, with online resource provided below. Hope you enjoy reading the book and understand the notion behind.
The first video is from the bible project illustrating the whole story in the Book of Ruth with audio and visual to grasp the main theme of each chapter.
The Bible Project – Read Scripture:Ruth
The second video is from HolyLandSite, Pastor Todd Fink went into Bethlehem to tell this bible story. Although the actual landscape may change over years, Bethlehem still exists today.
Bethlehem: The Beautiful Story of Naomi, Ruth, and Boaz
The third video is from Zola Levitt Ministries of Jewish convert to evangelical Christianity, an extract of eight Youtube videos to tell the story of Ruth depicting from the bible. I think the actors using Modern Hebrew for their dialogues, no worry, English subtitles are provided. If you are interested in their productions and you want more background information, you should explore the next eight videos. The two hosts will guide you in English for the Book of Ruth that both Naomi and Ruth faced the adversity until encountering Boaz.
Story of Ruth – Movie HD
Ruth #1: The Covering
Ruth #2: Road to Bethlehem
Ruth #3: Finding the Redeemer
Ruth #4: Breaking of Bread
Ruth #5: Virtuous Woman
Ruth #6: Kinsman Redeemer
Ruth #7: Redemption
Ruth #8: Future of Hope
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