Ruth
Moabite ancestress of David and Christ. Her history is bound into the book of Judges and she fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah.
Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship
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I. THE HELMETED PROLOGUE.
— Her history is bound into the book of Judges because it is narrated in the days of the Judges
"And into the same they bind Ruth, because her history is narrated in the days of the Judges."
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I. THE HELMETED PROLOGUE.
— Some write Ruth among the Hagiographa and count her separately
"Although some write Ruth and Cinoth among the Hagiographa"
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II. JEROME TO PAULINUS.
— Ruth the Moabite fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah about sending forth the lamb
"Ruth the Moabite fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah, who says: 'Send forth the lamb, O Lord, the ruler of the earth, from the rock of the desert to the mountain of the daughter of Zion.'"