what is ruth's significance in this story? or naomi's?
2007-11-04 03:01:42 · 12 answers · asked by jake p 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Um, have you read it?
That's kinda like asking what's the significance of Cinderella or her fairy godmother in that story.
2007-11-04 03:04:08 · answer #1 · answered by Acorn 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's a story about fidelity, faith, dedication, and commitment. Ruth symbolizes youth and a sincere seeker of wisdom and truth. Naomi is mature, wise, and devoted follower of God. The fact that both primary characters are female underscores the ideal traditional values, behaviors and roles within the society that they lived. Yet, their beliefs and actions are timeless and teach eternal principles for all of us, regardless of gender.
2007-11-04 03:10:11 · answer #2 · answered by SafetyDancer 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ruth's sinificance in hte Book of Ruth? A willingness to change.
Naomi's? Mentoring.
2007-11-04 03:52:37 · answer #3 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the "whither thou goest" story, right? The basic idea is that a woman, even though widowed, felt more a part of her husband's family than the one she was born to, and lived with her mother-in-law after her husband died.
I don't think it means a great deal unless you know what her birth family was like. Perhaps it was just a reasonable choice. My in-laws (fourth husband's mother and sister) were nicer to me than anyone in my own family. But the second and third I hardly knew, and the first set of in-laws hated me because I was (a) too young, (b) a convert to Catholicism instead of one from birth, (c) not Italian-American.
2007-11-04 03:09:06 · answer #4 · answered by auntb93 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ruth and yet another lady, who're Moabites, marry 2 Jewish brothers. the two husbands die, leaving their widowed mom on my own. the different lady returns to her human beings. Ruth remains together with her mom in regulation, after making a touching assertion of loyalty. She returns with Naomi(her mom in regulation) to Naomi's human beings. There she gleans the fields for foodstuff for herself and Naomi.(meaning she picked over the fields after the harvest, to discover regardless of scraps of grain or foodstuff became left in the back of). She meets Boaz there, who's an extensive relative of her ineffective husband. She at last marries Boaz, and turns into between the ancestors of King David.
2016-09-28 07:39:28 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The significance is that a gentile woman converted to Judaism, and not only was she a full Jew, but her descendant was actually King David.
2007-11-04 03:12:47 · answer #6 · answered by Chubby Checker 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ruth's significannce: she's the protagonist.
naomi: the main supporting character (female). boaz is the main supporting character (male).
orpah is the conterpoint to ruth.
2007-11-04 03:09:16 · answer #7 · answered by joe the man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you pray before you read the Bible, you will have your questions answered in due time.
2007-11-04 03:06:22 · answer #8 · answered by Wire Tapped 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
loyalty to family . When her husband died she maintained the commitment she made to her husband by sticking by her mother-in-law and never abandoning her .
2007-11-04 03:13:13 · answer #9 · answered by opinionated 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which Bible version?
2007-11-04 03:05:35 · answer #10 · answered by Muslim 1 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋