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Introductions

On-line Resource Robert Wheler Bush [1820-1908], A Popular Introduction to Joshua, Judges and RuthRobert Wheler Bush [1820-1908], A Popular Introduction to Joshua, Judges and Ruth. London: The Religious Tract Society, n.d. Hbk. pp.125. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
Article in Journal or Book B. Green, "The Plot of the Biblical Story of Ruth," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 23 (1982): 55-68.
Book or monograph Howard: An Introduction to the Old Testament Historical BooksDavid M. Howard, Jnr., An Introduction to the Old Testament Historical Books. Chicago: Moody, 1993. Hbk. ISBN: 0802441270. pp.126-39.
Article in Journal or Book A Complete Literary Guide to the BibleN.M. Tischler, "Ruth," Leland Ryken & Tremper Longman III, eds. A Complete Literary Guide to the Bible. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1993. Pbk. ISBN: 0310230780. pp.151-64.

Commentaries

Book or monograph Atkinson: The Message of RuthDavid Atkinson, The Message of Ruth. The Bible Speaks Today. Leicester: IVP, 1984. Pbk. ISBN: 0851107400. pp.128.
Book or monograph Auld: Joshua, Judges, and RuthA.Graeme Auld, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth. Daily Study Bible. Westminster, 1985. Pbk. ISBN: 0664245765. pp.282.
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Block: Judges-RuthDaniel I. Block, Judges-Ruth. New American Commentary, Vol. 6.. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1999. Hbk. ISBN: 0805401067. pp.416. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Frederic W. Bush, Esther-Ruth. Word Blbical Commentary, Vol. 9Frederic W. Bush, Esther-Ruth. Word Blbical Commentary, Vol. 9. Grand rapids: Zondervan, 2018. ISBN: 9780310588283. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
On-line Resource Barclay Fowell Buxton [1860-1946], The Book of Ruth. Its Message for Christians To-dayBarclay Fowell Buxton [1860-1946], The Book of Ruth. Its Message for Christians To-day. London: Japan Evangelistic Band, n.d. Pbk. pp.62. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
Book or monograph Campbell: Ruth : A New Translation With Introduction, Notes, and CommentaryEdward Fay Campbell, Jr. Ruth. Anchor Bible, Vol. 7. Doubleday, 1975. Hbk. ISBN: 0385053169. pp.175.
On-line Resource George Albert Cooke [1865-1939], The Book of Ruth in the Revised Version with introduction and notesGeorge Albert Cooke [1865-1939], The Book of Ruth in the Revised Version with introduction and notes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1913. Hbk. pp.22. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Judges and RuthArthur E. Cundall & Leon Morris, Judges and Ruth. Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries. Leicester: IVP, 2015. ISBN: 9781783592272. pp.318. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Mary J. Evans, Judges and RuthMary J. Evans, Judges and Ruth. Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries. London: IVP, 2017. ISBN: 9781783595648. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Book or monograph Joshua, Judges, RuthJ. Gordon Harris, Cheryl Anne Brown & Michael S. Moore, Joshua, Judges, Ruth. New International Biblical Commentary. Old Testament Series, 5. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, 2000. Pbk. ISBN: 1565632141. pp.300.
Book or monograph Judges and RuthArthur E. Cundall & Leon Morris, Judges and Ruth. Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries. Leicester: IVP, 1968. Pbk. ISBN: 0851118240. pp.318.
Book or monograph W.J. Fuerst, The Books of Ruth, Esther, Ecclesiastes, the Song of Songs, Lamentations. Cambridge Bible Commentary. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1975. pp.267.
Book or monograph C.J. Goslinga, Joshua, Judges, Ruth. Bible Students Commentary. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1986. Hbk. ISBN: 0310452805.
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Hubbard: The Book of RuthRobert L. Hubbard, Jr., The Book of Ruth, The New International Commentary on the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1991. ISBN: 0802825265. pp.317. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
On-line Resource Archibald Robert Stanley Kennedy [1859-1938], The Book of Ruth. The Hebrew Text with Grammatical Notes and VocabularyArchibald Robert Stanley Kennedy [1859-1938], The Book of Ruth. The Hebrew Text with Grammatical Notes and Vocabulary. Texts for Students, No. 42. London: SPCK, 1937. Hbk. pp.79. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Sakenfield: RuthKatherine Doob Sakenfield, Ruth. A Bible Commentary for Preaching and Teaching. Philadelphia: Westminster John Knox Press, 2011. ISBN: 9781611649321.
Book or monograph Sasson: RuthJack M. Sasson, Ruth: A New Translation with a Philological Commentary and a Formalist-Folklorist Interpretation, 2nd edn. JSOT Press, 1989. Pbk. ISBN: 1850752133. pp.336.
On-line Resource Charles Simeon, Horae Homileticae or Discourses Digested Into One Continued Series and Forming a Commentary, Upon Every Book of the Old and New Testament, Vol. 3: Judges to Second of Kings, 7th edn. London: Henry G., Bohn, 1845. pp.89-108.View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource Robert Sinker [1838-1913], "Ruth," Charles John Ellicott [1819-1905], editor, An Old Testament commentary for English Readers various writers. London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, 1883. Hbk. pp.276-286. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource Griffithes Wheeler Thatcher [1863-1950], Judges and RuthGriffithes Wheeler Thatcher [1863-1950], Judges and Ruth. Introduction; Revised Version with Notes, Giving an Analysis Showing from Which of the Original Documents Each Portion of the Text is Taken; Index and Map. Edinburgh: T.C. & E.C. Jack, [n.d.]. Hbk. pp.199. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource Ruth (Bob Utley)
On-line Resource George Henry Somerset Walpole [1854-1929], Handbook to Judges and Ruth for the Use of Teachers and StudentsGeorge Henry Somerset Walpole [1854-1929], Handbook to Judges and Ruth for the Use of Teachers and Students. Rivingtons Handbooks to the Bible and Prayer Book. London: Rivingtons, 1901. Hbk. pp.200. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
On-line Resource Robert Alexander Watson [1845-1921], Judges and Ruth, W. Robertson Nicoll, ed., The Expositor's Bible. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1903. Hbk. pp.423. View in PDF format pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Kenneth C. Way, Judges and RuthKenneth C. Way, Judges and Ruth. Teach the Text Commentary Series. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2016. ISBN: 9781493405350.pp.272. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Younger: Judges / RuthK. Lawson Younger, Judges / Ruth. The NIV Application Commentary. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011. ISBN: 9780310872870. pp.551. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]

Theology

Book or monograph R.M. Hals, The Theology of the Book of Ruth. Fortress, 1969.
On-line Resource Leif Hongisto, "Literary structure and theology in the Book of Ruth," Andrews University Seminary Studies 23.1 (Spring 1985): 19-28.View in PDF format pdf
Article in Journal or Book W.S. Prinsloo, "The Theology of the Book of Ruth," Vetus Testamentum 30 (1980): 330-41.

Other Subjects

Article in Journal or Book

D.R.G. Beattie, "Who is Ruth, what is she?" Irish Biblical Studies 1.4 (1979): 201-214.
Article in Journal or Book M. Bernstein, "Two Multivalent Readings in the Ruth Narrative," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 50 (1991): 15-26.
Article in Journal or Book J.L. Berquest, "Role Differentiation in the Book of Ruth," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 57 (1993): 23-37.
Article in Journal or Book S. Bertman, "Symmentrical Design in the Book of Ruth," Journal of Biblical Literature 84 (1965): 165-68.
On-line Resource Julius A. Bewes, "The Goël in Ruth 4:14, 15," American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literature 20 (1903-04): 202-206.View in PDF format pdf
Article in Journal or Book Angela Wong Wai Ching, "History, Identity and a Community of hesed: A Biblical Reflection on Ruth 1:1-17," Asia Journal of Theology 13.1 (1999): 3-13.
Book or monograph Davis: Conquest and CrisisJohn J. Davis, Conquest and Crisis: Studies in Joshua, Judges, and Ruth. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2001. Pbk. ISBN: 1579108288. pp.188.
On-line Resource Stephen P. Dray, "Ruth 1:1-22 Trust and Obey," Evangel 13:2 (1995): 34-36. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource Stephen P. Dray, "Ruth 2:1-23 Grace for today," Evangel 14:1 (1996): 3-4. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource Stephen P. Dray, "Ruth 3:1-4:22 Living in Grace," Evangel 14:2 (1996): 35-37. View in PDF format pdf[Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
Article in Journal or Book Warren Austin Gage, "Ruth upon the Threshing Floor and the Sin of Gibeah: A Biblical-Theological Study," Westminster Theological Journal 51.2 (1989): 369-375.
Article in Journal or Book E. Giannarelli, "Ruth and the Church Fathers," Journal of the Service international de documentation judeo-chrétienne 23.2 (1990): 12-15.
On-line Resource Gregory R. Goswell, "The book of Ruth and the house of David," Evangelical Quarterly 86.2 (April 2014): 116-129. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
On-line Resource Murray D. Gow, "Ruth Quoque - a Coquette: (Ruth 4:5)," Tyndale Bulletin 41.2 (1990): 302-311. View in PDF format pdf
Book or monograph Danna Nolan Fewell & David Miller Gunn, Compromising Redemption: Relating Characters in the Book of Ruth. Westminster / John Knox Press, 1991. Pbk. ISBN: 0664251358. pp.141.
Book or monograph Murray D. Gow, The Book of Ruth. Leicester: Apollos, 1992. Hbk. ISBN: 0851117651. pp.238.
Article in Journal or Book Reg Grant, "Literary Structure in the Book of Ruth," Bibliotheca Sacra 148: 592 (1991): 424-441.
On-line Resource Robert L. Hubbard, Jr., "The Go'el in Ancient Israel: Theological Reflections on an Israelite Institution," Bulletin for Biblical Research 1 (1991): 3-19.View in PDF format pdf
Article in Journal or Book Alastair Hunter, "How Many Gods Had Ruth?" Scottish Journal of Theology 34 (1981): 427-
Book or monograph Marjo C.A. Korpel, Structure of the "Book of Ruth". Van Gorcum Ltd., 2001. Hbk. ISBN: 9023236572.
On-line Resource A. Boyd Luter & Richard O. Rigsby, "The Chiastic Structure of Ruth 2," Bulletin for Biblical Research 3 (1993): 49-58.View in PDF format pdf
On-line Resource Boyd Luter & Richard O. Rigsby, "An Adjusted Symmetrical Structuring of Ruth," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 39.1 (March 1996): 15-28.View in PDF format pdf
Article in Journal or Book Eugene H. Merrill, "The Book of Ruth: Narration and Shared Themes," Bibliotheca Sacra 142: 566 (1985): 130-139.
Article in Journal or Book Michael S. Moore, "Two Textual Anomalies in Ruth," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 59.2 (1997): 234-243.
Article in Journal or Book Michael S. Moore, "Ruth the Moabite and the Blessing of Foreigners," Catholic Biblical Quarterly 60.2 (1998): 203-217.
On-line Resource Michael S. Moore, "To King or Not to King: A Canonical-Historical Approach to Ruth," Bulletin for Biblical Research 11.1 (2001): 27-41.View in PDF format pdf
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Konstantin Nazarov, Focalization in the Old Testament Narratives with Specific Examples from the Book of RuthKonstantin Nazarov, Focalization in the Old Testament Narratives with Specific Examples from the Book of Ruth. Carlisle: Langham, 2021. ISBN: 9781839735103. pp.320. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly Stephanie Day Powell, Narrative Desire and the Book of RutStephanie Day Powell, Narrative Desire and the Book of Ruth. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018. ISBN: 9780567678768. pp.224. [Sign-up to Perlego and access book instantly - 10% discount on new subscriptions using this link]
Article in Journal or Book D.F. Rauber, "Literary Values in the Bible: The Book of Ruth," Journal of Biblical Literature 89 (1970): 27-37.
Article in Journal or Book F.C. Rossow, "Literary Artistry in the Book of Ruth and Its Theological Significance," Concordia Journal 17 (1991): 12-19.
Article in Journal or Book L. Ryken, "Ruth," D.L. Jeffrey, ed. A Dictionary of Biblical Tradtion in English Literature. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992. pp.669-70.
On-line Resource Michael E.W. Thompson, "New Life Amid the Alien Corn: The Book of Ruth," The Evangelical Quarterly 65.3 (July-Sept. 1993): 197-210. View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
Book or monograph Vance: A Hebrew Reader for RuthDonald R. Vance, A Hebrew Reader for Ruth. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2003. Pbk. ISBN: 1565637402. pp.96.

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