Outline pgs 112-114 Ruth an Israelite Foreigner with a Great Destiny -The story in the book of Ruth was in the time of Judges so it included this chapter -The story sounds different from the tales of judges -In the story of Ruth we find no battles -The book of Ruth had it's begging's in Israel's oral period of early kings -The story was told by storytellers and at festivals to teach the moral lessons …showed first 75 words of 247 total…

…showed last 75 words of 247 total…period of Judges a man from Bethlehem journeys with his wife -Naomi and her two sons try to start a new life on the plains of Moab -After ten years the young men die -And Naomi grief stricken -Naomi starts out the two widows who accompany her for a distance -Naomi tries to convince them not to convince not to thro in their lot with her because her life would be miserable back in Israel