Ruth: The Book of Answered Prayer
The book of Ruth records over a dozen prayers of blessing (1:8-9, 2:4, 2:14, 2:19, 2:20, 3:10, 4:11-12, 4:14), all of which are answered in the book itself. This paper will argue that the prayers in Ruth are an intentional narrative vehicle which drives the development of the plot. For example, Naomi’s initial prayer for … Read more