Ruth: A Video Study
Overview
Ruth: A Video Study, together with the accompanying commentary on Ruth in the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament, brings to light the universal scope of God’s sovereignty and mercy. With careful analysis and interpretation of the Hebrew text, professor and scholar Daniel Block traces the flow of argument in the book of Ruth, showing that how a biblical author says something is just as important as what they say.
Ruth is widely recognized as a superlative literary achievement of ancient Israel. With its sensitive portrayal of women in crisis, its admiration for a righteous man, and its profound theology of providence, it offers learners of every age a window into life in the ancient Near East, inspiration for good and godly living, and reason to wonder at the common roots of Israel’s royal and messianic hope.
Bridging the historical and theological gap, Ruth: A Video Study explains how David, the most important character in the Hebrew Bible, could emerge from the spiritual and ethical morass of the premonarchic period and accounts for the Moabite blood in this king's veins. Each lecture surveys the main idea of a passage, its literary context, an explanation of the text, and its canonical and practical significance for us today.
Get the full experience when you partner this excellent video course with Ruth: The King Is Coming (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament)
- Bridges the historical and theological gap
- Explores the universal scope of God’s sovereignty and mercy
- Examines the main idea of a passage, its literary context, and its canonical and practical significance for us today
- Introduction (70 min)
- Ruth 1:1-5 (49 min)
- Ruth 1:6-22 (70 min)
- Ruth 2:1-23 (94 min)
- Ruth 3:1-18 (74 min)
- Ruth 4:1-12 (78 min)
- Ruth 4:13-17 (51 min)
- Ruth 4:18-22 (18 min)
- Title: Ruth: A Video Study
- Author: Daniel I. Block
- Series: Beyond the Basics
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Publication Date: 2019
- Resource Type: Video
- Topic: Ruth
Dr. Daniel Block, professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College, has been teaching God’s Word for more than 30 years.
It has been a special joy for Dr. Block to watch students, who often take introductory courses in Old Testament only because they are required to do so by the curriculum, suddenly awaken to the fact that the Old Testament is understandable and its message is both life-giving and relevant for modern, everyday life.
Dr. Block has published a number of books and essays in scholarly journals. The paradigm for his research and ministry is set by Ezra, as described in Ezra 7:10: he committed himself to the study the Torah of Yahweh, to put it into practice, and to teach his revealed will in Israel. This means constantly asking serious questions of the Scriptures: What does the text say? Why does the text say it like that? What did the text mean to the original audience? What does the text have to say to me today? In order to answer these questions, one needs to understand both the worlds out of which the biblical texts arose and the worlds in which modern people live.
