Ruth, Mother of Kings

I watched an old movie that was on Netflix about a year or so ago and was somewhat startled how they changed so much of the Biblical story of Ruth.This is not the case with this fleshed-out version. Ms. Taylor stayed true to the background of Ruth, using the NLT translation of the Bible to include much of the true story of This virtuous woman. I loved the expansion of possible conversations and how Ruth fell in love with Mahlon; how her best friend Orpah (I kept calling her Oprah as I read about her) fell in love with Chilion, Mahlon's brother.Suffice to say that Ms. Taylor did her research and created a beautiful story of young love, heartbreak, new love, and redemption.The Book of Ruth is my favorite book of the Old Testament and Ms. Taylor made me fall in love even more.There are a few typos and mixed up information, but it did not detract from the overall story.

A pretty telling of the story of Ruth. In the future though, it would be nice if the author tried a little harder to stay true to the historical period that she is writing about.. She has the them dancing a horah at the wedding of Ruth and Boaz - a dance that was introduced to Israel from Romania in the early part of the 20th century. She also has them receiving a menorah for a wedding gift - several generations before the First Temple in Jerusalem was even built and certainly centuries before the Second Temple was rededicated. Also her characters like to serve their guests baklava - about a thousand years before the first recipe for it ever appeared (halwa or honey sweets would have been a far better choice to serve the guests). Yes, these are picky details, but they are the little things that add bits of color and are very jarring when they are so clearly out of historical context - somewhat like seeing someone in a beautiful Renaissance costume wearing sneakers.

I found, as I do with these historical Christian novels, that the characters now have "flesh and personality". Putting the characters into the society of their day, makes it easier to understand why woman were treated as they were. yet, there were some men in that historical era, who stepped "out of the box" when it cam e to their treatment of women. Boaz was one of them. I follow the stories in the Bible to see how accurate the stories are, and this one is reasonably close. I really would recommend this book.

The Book of Ruth is one of the most beautiful stories in the Torah. There were so many glaring mistakes here that I was tempted to stop reading. First, there's the title: Ruth was the great-grandmother of King David. Not his mother. Second, when describing meals served at their homes, Ms Taylor wrote that they served meat and milk at the same time. This is wrong. Jews did not mix milk and meat. It is forbidden. Finally, what really got my ire was the fact that the author made Ruth a Jewess. She was not. She is considered the first convert. The famous phrase is "Wither thou goest, I will go, thy people will be my people, thy God will be my god, wither thou lives, I will live, and when I die I will be buried next to you."The writing is stilted, but most of the facts are pretty accurate as far as they can be.

This book gave me an indepth view of what life and times were like during the period of the Old Testament. I was fascinated by the whole story line that was so close to the bilical version and read it in one sitting (on the plane). Not read any of Diana Taylor's books before but her writing is compulsive reading and highly recommended for anyone interested in this subject. New facts emerge which shows profound research and interesting knowledge we should all have.Higly recommended

I enjoy Bible fiction because it opens up the mind what really might have happened, and "Ruth" is no exception. The author stayed very close to the story line, and yet made it a very enjoyable read. She brought out the rigidness of the Jewish religion with all the details of life in that period of time.

This is an interesting story of Ruth who was an orphans with her older brother, who were sent to live with their grandparents in the land of Moab, where she grew up and married one of Naomi's sons. After she and Naomi were windowed, then they went back to Bethlehem, where Ruth met Boaz. thank you Linda

I enjoyed the story, i know it is fiction based on a book in the Bible. It gave some interesting insight in the time of Ruths life.

I've really enjoyed reading Diana Wallis Taylor's books having read "Mary Magdalene" and "Journey to the Well" but was disappointed with this one right at the beginning. As the first reviewer mentioned Ruth being an Israelite is not in line with how the bible portrays her. She was a gentile and yes, converted to serve the true and living God of Naomi. The writer shouldn't have been afraid to make this depiction of Ruth showing the change from gentile to believer.I gave this three stars because Diana Wallis Taylor knows how to write and I enjoy her books but the incorrect facts around Ruth and Orpah's origin spoiled it for me. I had to overlook that and carry on reading with my own thoughts around the Biblical version.

I didn't enjoy this read as much as the author based the story on her interpretation of the Biblical book of Ruth which l disagree with. In her book Ruth is an Israelite who lived in the 'land of Moab' i.e. the land that the tribe of Reuben possessed. For me that line of thought fails to portray the sacrifice Ruth made and how she converted to follow the God of Israel. Orpah in the story was also an Israelite which contradicts the Biblical story that she went back to her gods.

I purchased these books to read on my Kindle. I haven't been disappointed. An excellent author! A well written book!I have so enjoyed reading Ruth, Mother of Kings. Diana Wallis Taylor has an uncanny way of writing which prevents you from wanting to put the book down until finished. This is my second book, Martha being my first read. I have purchased the others and am looking forward to reading all of them.

Once more you have given me great pleasure as I read this book. I highly recommend this author. I do look forward to reading her next novel.

Excellent literature woven from Biblical knowledge