User:Exfilia/What the Bible Says/Ruth/Ruth1

CUSTODIANS: Please don't move this yet. I want to build up a substantial volume of work before I go "live;" I don't want this project to be one of those with nine million red resources and one or two blue ones.

Directions
Read Ruth 1 in your preferred translation and in the King James Version. What differences do you find? How do they affect the passage's meaning?

If there are words in the passage that you're not familiar with, look them up now in Wiktionary or your dictionary of choice.

The Quiz
To test your understanding, complete the following texts based on the KJV version of Ruth 1. Yes, this is an open Book quiz.

{ Fill in the blanks: A certain man, { Ehimelech }, and his wife Naomi and their two sons { Chillon and Mahlon } went from their home in { Bethlehem } to { Moab } because of a { famine }. There the man { died }. The two sons married women of { Moab }. Then the sons { died } too.
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Naomi heard that the { famine } was over, and she wanted to go back to { Bethlehem }. She told her daughters in law to { go back to their families }. Orpah did so, but { Ruth } insisted on { going home with Naomi }. They arrived at the beginning of { the barley harvest }.

Discussion questions

 * 1) How did the people of Bethlehem react when Naomi returned?
 * 2) Compare and contrast the characters of Ruth and Orpah.  How was their behavior alike?  How was it different?

Optional Activities
Won't change much from passage to passage
 * 1) What other passages of scripture reference this one?  What passages does this one reference?
 * 2) Research the effect this passage has had on the thought of one or more theologians.
 * 3) Research ways in which this passage has been used in art, music and literature.
 * 4) Research the ways in which this passage has been or might be used in your congregation's worship.
 * 5) Create an original work of art based on this passage.
 * 6) Design a way to use this passage in your personal devotions.
 * 7) Design a way to teach this passage to preliterate children: a skit, a feltboard presentation,a game, a craft activity, whatever.
 * 8) Design a way to use this passage to address the needs of some specific population: nursing home residents, grief support group, etc.
 * 9) Memory verse: choose the verse from this passage that seems most significant to you, and commit it to memory together with its chapter and verse reference.  For example, "Romans 13:1--Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God."