OOPS, WRONG RUTH!
Posted on 09/22/2020 6:05:33 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6
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1 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab. 2 The man’s name was Elimelek, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion.
3 Now Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4 They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years, 5 both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.
6 When Naomi heard in Moab that the Lord had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them, 7 with her two daughters-in-law she set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah.
8 Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home. 9 May the Lord grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband.”
Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept aloud 10 and said to her, “We will go back with you to your people.”
11 But Naomi said, “Return home, my daughters.”
14 At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.
15 “Look,” said Naomi, “your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her.”
16 But Ruth replied, “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. 17 Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.” 18 When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.
19 So the two women went on until they came to Bethlehem. When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred because of them, and the women exclaimed, “Can this be Naomi?”
22 So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest was beginning.
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PLEASE NOTE: it’s ORPah, not OPRah. OK?
ORPah was a Moabitess who was widowed
and wanted to stay in her home, while
OPRah is a Billionairess who lives in sin
and wants to stay in your home.
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ORPAH DECIDES TO LEAVE
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by MARC CHAGALL
“Naomi and Her Daughters-in-Law”
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by VERONICA MCDONALD
“Ruth, Naomi, and Orpah”
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by EDME ALEXIS ALFRED DEHODENCQ
“Ruth and Naomi”
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by RICHARD McBEE
“Naomi & Orpah”
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ORPAH AWAITS RUTH
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by GUSTAVE DORÉ
“Naomi and Her Daughters-In-Law”
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by WILLIAM BLAKE
“Naomi Entreating Ruth and Opra to Return to the Land of Moab”
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by ARY SCHEFFER
“Naomi & Ruth”
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by JULIO ROMERO DE TORRES
“Naomi and Her Stepdaughter”
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by PHILIP HERMOGENES CALDERON
“Ruth and Naomi”
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by JULIUS HUBNER
“Ruth and Naomi”
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by RICHARD McBEE
“Naomi, Ruth & Orpah”
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by RICHARD McBEE
“Naomi, Ruth & Orpah”
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RUTH CLINGS
TO NAOMI,
ORPAH LEAVES. .
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by JACOB SYMONSZ PYNAS
“Ruth Decides to Move to Bethlehem with Naomi”
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by HENDRICK GOLTZIUS
“Orpah leaving Ruth and Naomi”
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by JULIUS SCHNORR VON CAROLSFELD
“Naomi and her daughters-in-law”
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“Ruth’s Wise Choice”
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by HAROLD COPPING
“Ruth and Naomi”
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by KYRA MARKHAM
“Ruth, Naomi and Orpah”
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by THOMAS MATTHEWS ROOKE
“Naomi and Ruth”
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SNEAK PEEK: Next time, RUTH Chapter 1,
CONTINUED
There are more where
these came from!If you're sensing the Holy Spirit is suggesting
that you read ahead, we'll be in Ruth 1 again. .
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R E S O U R C E S . .
If you'd like to see for yourself the Bing page
which yielded most of the works above, here is the link:
"Naomi & Ruth"
Where no attribution appears below a work,
the artist's name is unknown;
numbered to facilitate your commenting
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Links to three masters who painted Biblical scenes prolifically:
REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON van RIJN
GUSTAV DORÉ
241 wood engravings for
La Grande Bible de Tours
JAMES TISSOT
180 watercolors depicting Bible scenes
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This series keeps moving from one Bible passage to another,
so here is a fascinating and enjoyable link to assist in following along:
BIBLE TIMELINE
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Finally, here are links to the
PREVIOUS 80 POSTS IN THIS SERIES
, with descriptive titles to assist you in finding those which interest you
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SPECIAL THANKS
to FReeper left that other site,
who allowed God to make her His conduit
for incomparable enthusiasm, encouragement,
education, advice and technical assistance!
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NOTES ON MY SELECTION CRITERIA Quality
The Bible is my focus, not the art: this is The Bible in Paintings, not “Great Paintings” nor even “Good Paintings.” So, works need not be masterpieces to qualify for inclusion here—they don’t need to be housed at the Louvre nor auctioned by Sotheby’s. They only need to illustrate successfully some aspect of the Biblical text or, frankly, just tickle my fancy, which I'm asking the Holy Spirit to guide. Often, artists misrepresent the Scripture, but unless the error is material or heretical I usually include the artwork, trusting that the Spirit is perfectly capable of defending Himself. So, with such forgiving filters, it means that you're seeing practically everything I'm finding.Pacing
The pace may seem glacial to those eager to see their favorite events. My commission is to search for art on each Bible passage in sequence; if I find enough, then it becomes the next installment, even if undramatic. But where there is no art, that Bible passage goes untold here. The Bible is a thick book, as you know; but we'll get there eventually, Lord willing. Always remember:
love, joy, peace, patience kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control is a fruit of the Spirit!Art is merely the Toy Department of Bible study,
so I’m just having fun here—I hope you are, too!
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The Bible encourages us to meditate on it (Ps. 1:1-3, 119:11-16, etc.); these artists have done so, and their works can assist us and enrich our own thoughts about biblical characters, incidents and concepts, and increase our faith in He who is behind it all. As you encounter and consider these images and the related Scriptures and the Spirit enlightens your understanding, please share it with us!
But it is not only oil-on-canvas that can so help us; I refer to the astonishing video series The Chosen, which strolls through the four Gospels at the most leisurely pace. The eight episodes of Season 1 are finished, and the second of a planned seven seasons is coming soon. I say "leisurely" because after an entire year’s viewing Jesus still has only seven of the apostles (although He's preparing to call up Thomas from the minor leagues--but Thomas is skeptical, of course). Anticipating a canvas of fifty-plus hours instead of a movie's paltry two hours, The Chosen turns the characters (especially including Jesus!) into three-dimensional humans and brings the Gospels alive--you have never seen anything even remotely like it! Here is the Official Trailer.
Here is a link for free viewing of The Chosen: “Works with your phone, tablet, and you can cast to your Roku or Chromecast.” Last fall I paid $34.98 for DVDs and ongoing internet access—best 35 bucks I’ve ever spent (I don’t recall how much our marriage license cost, but then it was 42 years ago).
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Knew that was coming—should have known it would be you. Took less than four minutes.
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First reactions to my picture scan:
1. Naomi is depicted many ways, looking from 40 to 60 or more. Considering they were in Moab 10 years, and her sons married there, probably in their 20s, and Naomi was perhaps 20 at her first child, that’ put her in her 50s.
2. Some of the pictures are great in showing Ruth’s love for Naomi.
3. Orpah’s departure is shown many ways: reluctant, carefree, sad. She is shown departing reluctantly in the Bible after Naomi’s plea for the daughters-in-law to leave her.
4. I still get a kick out of seeing the European clothing used. Yet, since the pictures were for a European audience, perhaps that’s best.
I don’t recall seeing by HENDRICK GOLTZIUS” before. I really liked his woodcut. The figures are very expressive and detailed. I get the feeling these are real figures of real women.
Quite aside from commenting about the art, I also crave viewers' revelations of how the art and text impact them spiritually. I hope most people take their time scrolling down, as you obviously do, to give the Holy Spirit a hearing.
I always wonder whether anyone besides me pays attention to the grey-toned engravings. Not able to use subtleties of color, their makers must get very creative to make an impact. In my opinion Doré was the master, but Goltzius ranks in the top tier.
Red Badger beat you by 8:39:25.
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