Assignment Instructions/ Description
Read the book of Ruth in your ESV Study Bible.Ask yourself: “What is the story of Ruth really about? What are the main themes of this book?”Find, read, and evaluate scholarly interpreters who offer answers to the questions in Step 2.Make a decision. Identify and support what you think are the 2-3 main themes in the book of Ruth.The most important requirement of this assignment is this: you must support your decision with both scholarly and textual evidence from the book of Ruth. This requirement means:You absolutely must support each of your themes with examples from the text. Your reflection should cite passages from the book of Ruth as evidence and explain how they support your decision. You absolutely must include support from a minimum of 3 scholars who have interpreted the text of Ruth and who have drawn conclusions about the central themes in the book of Ruth. No internet sources and no sources written by authors prior to 1970 are permitted. You should evaluate these scholarly conclusions and decide for yourself if they are persuasive.
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