{"id":19824,"date":"2020-02-12T16:47:46","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T22:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?page_id=19824"},"modified":"2020-02-12T17:17:14","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T23:17:14","slug":"ruth","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/ruth\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<h1>Ruth<\/h1>\nby Bryan M. Dockens\n<div id=\"attachment_11981\" style=\"width: 534px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11981\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scan0016-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"524\" height=\"640\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11981\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ruth gathers grain Ruth 2:2-3<\/p><\/div>\nQuestions and answers for studying the book of Ruth. The questions can be separated from the answers to provide study questions for the lessons.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/ruth\/ruth-chapter-1\/\">Chapter 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/ruth\/ruth-chapter-2\/\">Chapter 2<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/ruth\/ruth-chapter-3\/\">Chapter 3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/ruth\/ruth-chapter-4\/\">Chapter 4<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBible Studies\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruth by Bryan M. Dockens Questions and answers for studying the book of Ruth. The questions can be separated from the answers to provide study questions for the lessons. Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Bible Studies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":459,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19824","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19837,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/ruth\/ruth-chapter-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":19824,"position":0},"title":"Ruth: Chapter 4","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Ruth: Chapter 4 1. Where did Boaz go to conduct the transaction? \u201cNow Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there\u201d (Ruth 4:1). City gates were the customary places to do public business in those days, where the elders of the city would hold court (Deuteronomy 21:19). 2.\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":19830,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/ruth\/ruth-chapter-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":19824,"position":1},"title":"Ruth: Chapter 2","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Ruth: Chapter 2 \u00a0 1. Who was Boaz? Boaz was \u201ca man of great wealth, of the family of Elimelech\u201d (Ruth 2:1). Thus, he was suited to do the duty of a kinsman to Ruth, on behalf of her late husband. Boaz was the son of Rahab (Matthew 1:5), presumably\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scan0018-7.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scan0018-7.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/scan0018-7.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19827,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/ruth\/ruth-chapter-1\/","url_meta":{"origin":19824,"position":2},"title":"Ruth: Chapter 1","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Ruth: Chapter 1 1. During which historical period in Israel did this narrative occur? \u201c\u2026It came to pass in the days when the Judges ruled...\u201d (Ruth 1:1), a period of about 450 years between the conquest and the kingdom (Acts 13:20). 2. What was the moral climate in Israel at\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image_2-3.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image_2-3.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/image_2-3.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19834,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/ruth\/ruth-chapter-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":19824,"position":3},"title":"Ruth: Chapter 3","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Ruth: Chapter 3 1. What would Naomi seek for Ruth? Whereas previously Naomi had desired and prayed that Ruth would find rest with a new husband (Ruth 1:9), presently Naomi would proactively seek out her daughter-in-law\u2019s security with a new husband. \u201cThen Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, \u2018My daughter,\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":19844,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/a-study-of-ruth\/","url_meta":{"origin":19824,"position":4},"title":"A Study of Ruth","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"A Study of Ruth by Jeffrey W. 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