Genres

Genres used within the book.
The Book of Ruth is a narrative. It is a highly artistic story that describes historical events. It also highlights the operation of the laws of ancient Israel. It contains four chapters and is both a classic love story and also an essential book of prophecy. The book of Ruth uses action, dialog, suspense, humour, irony and an acute sense of human character to illustrate lessons of history and theology. It would have been written as a narrative to explain many difficult concepts to its readers. The Leviate laws were quite complex. There is a lot of dialogue and this helps readers to understand the personality and complexities of the characters.