The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges: Ruth

"The ancient narratives of the book of Judges carry us back to a half-barbarous age of struggle and disorder, memorable chiefly for the deeds of Israel's heroes; the book of Ruth, although the scene is laid in the same age, gives us a very different picture," states Cooke. An incredibly brief but informative twenty-two pages make up this commentary on Ruth, where the author contrasts the scene of Ruth to that of Judges—Ruth gives a picture of a family and village life, rather than the larger scope Judges provides of the whole nation of Israel.