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Judges and Ruth: Anarchy and Faithfulness

  1. Lesson One
    Overview of Judges (Judges 1–3)
    19 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  2. Lesson Two
    Judges (Judges 4–8, 13–16)
    27 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  3. Lesson Three
    A Divine Judge and Anarchy (Judges 9–12, 17–21)
    20 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  4. Lesson Four
    Ruth the Moabite (Ruth 1–4)
    15 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  5. Lesson Five
    Lovingkindness in Ruth (Ruth 1–4 review)
    15 Activities
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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Grab your Workbook Journal!

[Record your answers in the workbook provided at the beginning of this course.]

Read Matthew 1:1-17.

  1. In the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew, we find Ruth alongside people like Abraham and Jacob. There are five women total in this genealogy. Consider what these women might have in common. Record your observations in your workbook.
Our Observations

Each of these women has a controversial past, including Jesus’ mother who conceived before she was married. These are not the kind of women we might expect to share a bloodline with the Son of God:

Tamar: After her husband died, her brother-in-law refused to impregnate her. In order to keep her line (or husband’s line) alive, she posed as a prostitute and lured her father-in-law, Judah, into impregnating her under false pretenses.

Rahab: Rahab was a prostitute in Jericho.

Ruth: Ruth was a Moabitess, from a people with a complicated reputation and contentious past with Israel.

Uriah’s wife: This is a reference to Bathsheba. The
description of her as “Uriah’s wife” emphasizes the scandal in her past. While she was Uriah’s wife, David slept with her, and she became pregnant with his child. She would later give birth to Solomon.