The Bible In Paintings: RUTH THE GLEANER

[Hebrews 11:6]

The Bible In Paintings 2
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE

R U T H
CHAPTER 2

Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a man of standing, whose name was Boaz. And Ruth the Moabitess went out and began to glean in the fields behind the harvesters in a field belonging to Boaz.

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CHARLES LANDELLE
"Ruth"

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FRANCESCO HAYEZ
"Ruth"

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MERLE HUGUES
"Ruth in the Fields"

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ALEXANDRE CABANEL
"Ruth Gleaning"

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ALEXANDRE CABANEL
"Ruth"

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ROBERT SCOTT LAUDER
"Ruth"

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Source

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JAMES TISSOT
"Ruth Gleaning"

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CHANA HELEN ROSENBERG
"Ruth Gleaning"

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GREGORIO VÁSQUEZ DE ARCE Y CEBALLOS
"Ruth Gleans in the Fields of Boaz"

Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, “The LORD be with you!”

“The LORD bless you!” they called back.

Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters, “Whose young woman is that?”

The foreman replied, “She is the Moabitess who came back from Moab with Naomi. She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather among the sheaves behind the harvesters.’ She went into the field and has worked steadily from morning till now, except for a short rest in the shelter.”

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WILLIAM HAMILTON
"Ruth and Boaz"

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RUTH COLLET
"'Whose Damsel Is That?’"

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GEORGE FREDERIC WATTS
"Ruth and Boaz"

So Boaz said to Ruth, “My daughter, listen to me. Don’t go and glean in another field and don’t go away from here. Stay here with my servant girls. Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the girls. I have told the men not to touch you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled.”

At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground. She exclaimed, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me—a foreigner?”

Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before. May the LORD repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”

“May I continue to find favor in your eyes, my lord,” she said. “You have given me comfort and have spoken kindly to your servant—though I do not have the standing of one of your servant girls.”

At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here. Have some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar.” When she sat down with the harvesters, he offered her some roasted grain. She ate all she wanted and had some left over. As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, don’t embarrass her. Rather, pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don’t rebuke her.”

So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed the barley she had gathered. She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gathered. Ruth also brought out and gave her what she had left over after she had eaten enough.

Her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you!”

Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose place she had been working. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.

“The LORD bless him!” Naomi said to her daughter-in-law. “He has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead.” She added, “That man is our close relative; he is one of our kinsman-redeemers.” So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to glean until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

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JULIUS SCHNORR VON CAROLSFELD
"Ruth in Boaz's Field"

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JEAN-FRANCOIS MILLET
"Ruth and Boaz"

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KAZIMIERZ ALCHIMOWICZ
"Booz and Ruth Collecting Barley Ears"

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REMBRANDT
"Boas und Ruth"

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EDUARD HOLBEIN
"Ruth and Boaz"

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WILLIAM MORRIS
"Boaz and Ruth"

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NICOLAS POUSSIN
"Ruth Meets Boaz"

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DENNIS BACCHUS
"Boaz and Ruth"

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HENRY WILLIAM PICKERSGILL
"Ruth and Boaz"

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NICOLAES PIETERSZ BERCHEM
"Ruth and Boaz"

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CAREL FABRITIUS
"Ruth and Boaz"

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EDWARD and HENRY PAYNE
"Ruth and Naomi"

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[Hebrews 11:6]

S A M S O N
GOD PROMISES SAMSON’S BIRTH
SAMSON’S LION
SAMSON KILLS A THOUSAND PHILISTINES
SAMSON’S TROPHIES
DELILAH BETRAYS SAMSON
THE PHILISTINES CAPTURE SAMSON
SAMSON'S CAPTIVITY AND REVENGE
R U T H
RUTH CLINGS TO NAOMI
RUTH THE GLEANER
RUTH PROPOSES, BOAZ ACCEPTS!
BOAZ REDEEMS & WEDS RUTH: OBED!
RUTH – BONUS COVERAGE

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

Ruth was a Moabite, and as such, she was a descendant of Lot, through one of his daughters, the other being the Ammonites.

Therefore, Lot also was an ancestor of Jesus.................

[Hebrews 11:6]

You're using Logic there. It's a good look on you.

Who did the painting, and what is its title?

[Phinneous]

What’s with all of the shoulder and cleavage on the matriarch of the Messiah?

This is a first in an AMAZING series on Ruth. Addresses interesting issues (how can a Moavite have converted to Judaism, contrary to scripture?) Plus incredible spiritual and emotional parallels from Ruth’s story to us..

If the sparce Yiddish words confound you, PM me.

Jews read the Book of Ruth on the night of Shavuos- (Pentacost, I think) 39 days from now,the holiday of G-d giving the Torah on Sinai, 3324 years ago.

Are you a kisser or a cleaver?

https://www.theyeshiva.net/jewish/205/ruth-1-are-you-a-kisser-or-a-cleaver-a-tale-of-two-daughters-in-law

[Red Badger]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gleaners

[Hebrews 11:6]

Thought that was it. I ran across it in my research, but as it had no connection to Ruth per se, I omitted it.

[Red Badger]

Gleaning hadn’t changed in 4000 years so it was still relevant. It wouldn’t be any different than the paintings with Ruth and Boaz in Medieval attire................

[Hebrews 11:6]

the matriarch of the Messiah

Are you admitting that Jesus is the Messiah?

[Hebrews 11:6]

That's not how I roll. Without specific connection, I move on. Happens constantly....

[left that other site]

Good Morning, Dan! :-)

[Hebrews 11:6]

Ah, Mary-Lou. ALWAYS a pleasure....

[InkStone]

Good morning Dan, and good morning to all.
Many fine works you’ve posted today Dan; thank you very much.
So much talent here.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Hiya, Leon! An abundance of blessings upon you!

Yes, we have some lovely takes on a lovely woman.

[Red Badger]

How do you know one of those women ain’t named ‘Ruth’?...........

[Rebelbase]

Looking at #36 I thought Dutch Master before I saw the name.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Not our Ruth, or the artist could and would have said so.

I'm glad you posted it, because it's a beautiful painting. But without specific connection, it doesn't belong in my lineup.

However, when you post your lineup, I'll fully expect to see it.

[Phinneous]

Ahhhh.. alas, I haven’t had the conversion you may have thought.

The line of David is the line of the Messiah. From the times of the exile to Babylon, Jews have acknowledged the line of David. We did so for 900+ years until the son-after-son of King David fled Muslim rule finally, settling in Potrugal. And after the expulsion in 1493, throughout Europe. And from there to America and Israel.

My senior partner, for instance, a son-after-son from David, could well be the Messiah. We have a few thousand candidates. Stay tuned for big news!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exilarch

[Hebrews 11:6]

Is it merely their headgear that gives it away, or is there something more?