How a biblical author says something is just as important as what he says, and in a book as carefully constructed as Ruth the shape is a large part of the message.

Daniel I. Block analyzes the discourse of the Hebrew text and shows how the main thrust of each passage contributes to the whole composition, giving for every section the main idea, its literary context, his own translation, an exegetical outline with Hebrew layout, the structure and literary form, an explanation of the text, and its canonical significance. Hebrew words are always explained.