离开和归回(路得记第一章)

引言 我亲爱的弟兄姊妹们,主日上午平安。今天是一个特别的日子,因为我们要开始一个新的学习。从本周开始,我们将开始研读路得记。路得记只有四章,很短,只有85节经文。我的计划是每周讲一章,所以我们会有一个月的时间,四次聚会。弟兄姊妹们,如果你们…

遇见波阿斯(路得记第二章)

序言 我亲爱的弟兄姊妹,9日上午平安。呃,上周是一个很不平常的寻常的一周,因为我们国家发生了一个大事,我们的低胸神真理的护卫者,一个理克在呃犹他一个大学跟学生传讲真理的时候被击杀。我们今天早上要为他的家人还有为我们自己祷告,就究竟允许这件事…

Literary, historical context, and insights on interpretation of the book of Ruth

Introduction This paper examines the literary and historical context, as well as insights relevant to the interpretation of the book of Ruth. Literary Context First, the book has an introduction and a conclusion. The author begins the book with the age of the Judges and ends the book with the genealogy of King David. Ignoring … Read more

The Ending Genealogy of Ruth

Introduction This paper discusses the ending of Ruth. I intend to perform an analysis of the genealogy, explain why the author chose to conclude the book with this genealogy, and explore how this conclusion should influence one’s reading of the whole book. I took the conservative view that the ending is an original part of … Read more

Study on the Hebrew’s term “goel” in the book of Ruth

Introduction This paper is a study the Hebrew word, גאל, in the book of Ruth. The purpose is to understand its meaning to properly interpret the message of the book. Occurrences in the OT In the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartentia, גָּאַל appears 103 times in 83 verses. 23 times of those in Isaiah, 22 times in … Read more