Each contributes something different, and something important: Ruth Peale, her wide experience in church work ; ;

Boas had planned for Ruth Benedict to succeed him as chair of Columbia's anthropology department, but she was sidelined by Ralph Linton, and Mead was limited to her offices at the AMNH.

( Ruth, prevailing on Miss Marple's long affection for them, arranges for Miss Marple to investigate Ruth's belief that Carrie Louise is in danger of her life.

It is usually presented to the recipient by Ruth's daughter, Julia Ruth Stevens, or her son, Tom Stevens.

It is the time of the barley harvest, and in order to support her mother-in-law and herself, Ruth goes to the fields to glean.

Ruth tells her mother-in-law of Boaz's kindness, and she gleans in his field through the remainder of the harvest season.

Naomi sends Ruth to the threshing floor at night and tells her to " uncover the feet " of the sleeping Boaz.

" Ruth identifies herself, then asks Boaz to spread his cloak over her.

Second, through the genealogy it is shown that the son born to Ruth is more than just a gift from God to continue her lineage.

The theme of hesed is woven throughout Ruth, beginning at 1: 8 with Naomi blessing her two daughters-in-law as she urges them to return to their Moabite families.

He enables Ruth to obtain more from her gleaning without offering the embarrassment of direct donation.

Though no doubt also motivated by an affection towards Ruth, in marrying her he has to pay a cost in money and uncertainty.

Examples cited are Ruth and her mother-in-law Naomi, Daniel and the court official Ashpenaz, and, most famously, David and King Saul's son Jonathan.

Day subsequently took on more dramatic roles, including her 1955 portrayal of singer Ruth Etting in the biographical film of Etting's life, Love Me or Leave Me, in which she co-starred with James Cagney.

* Ruth Gordon as Dame Marjorie “ Maude ” Chardin, a 79-year-old free spirit who wears her hair in braids across her head like laurels.

She studied with professor Franz Boas and Dr. Ruth Benedict at Columbia University before earning her Master's in 1924.

Mead also had an exceptionally close relationship with Ruth Benedict, one of her instructors.

Following Ruth Benedict's example, Mead focused her research on problems of child rearing, personality, and culture.

In 1985, Richardson made her film debut as Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom, in Mike Newell's biographical drama, Dance With a Stranger.

Ruth Gordon began her career early, posing as a picture baby for Mellin's food.

Ruth Brown ’ s popularity most likely derived because of “ her deeply rooted vocal delivery in African American tradition ”

Ruth Benedict was affected by the passionate humanism of Boas, her mentor, and continued it in her research and writing.

Ruth hated her mother ’ s sorrow and viewed it as a weakness.

It is also at the same time believably spontaneous and human that Ruth should want to stay with the mother-in-law for whom she had built up an affection, and offer to undertake the back-breaking and humble work of gleaning ( Leviticus 23: 22 ) to support them.

( Many of the guidelines of accepting converts are based on the Book of Ruth and the manner whereby Ruth was brought into the fold through her mother-in-law, Naomi ).

Naomi ( נ ָ ע ֳ מ ִ י " Pleasant ; agreeable ; my sweet ", Standard Hebrew Noʻomi, Tiberian Hebrew nåʿå ̆ mī ) is Ruth's mother-in-law in the Old Testament Book of Ruth.

By the late 1930s, one of his most active supporters was Ruth Fuller Everett, a British socialite and the mother-in-law of Alan Watts.

Thus, in `` The Story Of Ruth '' we have Ruth, Naomi, and Boaz and sets that are meticulously authentic.

But except for a vague adherence to the basic storyline -- i.e., that Ruth remained with Naomi and finally wound up with Boaz -- the film version has little to do with the Bible.

According to the Book of Ruth, the valley to the east is where Ruth of Moab gleaned the fields and returned to town with Naomi.

Goswell argues that while Naomi is the central character of the book, Ruth is the main character, and so the book " can be considered aptly named.

Naomi entreating Ruth and Orpah to return to the land of Moab by William Blake, 1795

Boaz and Ruth get married and have a son named Obed ( who by Levirate customs is also considered a son or heir to Elimelech, and thus Naomi ).

Ruth, meaning " friend ", pledges loyalty to Naomi, and Boaz, " fleetness " or " strength is ( in ) him " or " he comes in strength " becomes the kinsman redeemer, while Obed's name appropriately means " servant.

His decision was primarily a financial decision since a child born to Ruth through the union would inherit Elimelech's land, and he would not be reimbursed for the money he paid Naomi.

Boaz, in going beyond measure in acquiring the property ( demonstrating hesed ), redeems not only the land but both Naomi and Ruth as well.

Act 3: Naomi Sends Ruth to Boaz on the Threshing Floor ( 3: 1 – 18 )

Scene 1: Boaz Acquires the Right to Redeem Ruth and Naomi ( 4: 1 – 12 )

* Baylis, Charles P. " Naomi in the book of Ruth in Light of the Mosaic Covenant ".

Son of Rachab and Salma, he was a rich landowner who noticed Ruth, the widowed Moabite daughter-in-law of Naomi, a relative of hers ( see family tree ), gleaning grain from his fields.

* 1651: Ruth and Naomi on the road to Bethlehem-Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England

In 1791 he became a student at the Royal Academy, where, in 1792 he exhibited a view of Windsor Castle, followed in the next two years by the " Death of Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, at the Battle of Castillon ," " Ruth and Naomi ," " Elijah restoring the Widow's Son ," " Cupid disarmed by Euphrosyne ," and other pictures.

When Hicks reformed the band, Page and Leopold remained, and vocalists Naomi Ruth Eisenberg and Maryann Price joined, followed later by guitarist John Girton.

Naomi entreating Ruth and Orpah to return to the land of Moab by William Blake, 1795

* In the Book of Ruth, Naomi tried to get Ruth to go back to her own people three times before Ruth became a part of the Hebrew people.