Episode 57: Deep Dive on Ruth 1:1-6

GRUKology continues its Deep Dive on Ruth series looking at Ruth 1:1-6.

Four Act Structure (or prologue, epilogue, with 4 acts)

• Act 1: Prologue and Problem (Chapter 1)

• Scene 1: Prologue: Setting and Problem

• Scene 2: Emptiness Compounded

• Scene 3: Emptiness Expressed

• Act 2: In the Fields of Bethlehem (Chapter 2)

• Scene 1: Ruth Gleans

• Scene 2: Ruth and Boaz Meet

• Scene 3: Naomi Evaluates the Meeting

• Act 3: At the Threshing Floor (Chapter 3)

• Scene 1: Naomi’s plan

• Scene 2: Ruth carries it out

• Scene 3: Naomi Evaluates

• Act 4: Redemption and Epilogue (Chapter 4)

• Scene 1: Boaz acts

• Scene 2: A Son is born

• Scene 2: Epilogue: The Descendants*

Taken from various commentaries.