Ludwig Lavater compared the short book of Ruth to precious jewels of exceptional worth, offering the greatest usefulness to all parts of life - which is a higher estimate than most modern readers give it.

This new translation by Michael Hunter, with a biographical introduction by Jonathan Gibson, makes these biblically rich sermons from a sixteenth-century Zurich pastor and scholar available in English. Lavater presses virtuous living throughout and closes by showing how the genealogy of David points to Jesus Christ.