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Book of Ruth
The
Book of Ruth
(,
Ashkenazi pronunciation
: ,
Megilath Ruth
, "the Scroll of Ruth", one of the
Five Megillot
) is a book of the
Hebrew Bible
/
Old Testament
. In the Jewish canon it is included in the third division, or the Writings (
Ketuvim
); in the
Christian canon
it is treated as a history book and placed between
Judges
and
1 Samuel
. It is named after its central figure,
Ruth
the
Moabitess
, the great-grandmother of
David
.
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