Book_of_Ruth This article is about the ancient Hebrew religious text. For the 20th-century English-language novel, see The Book of Ruth (novel) The Book of Ruth (; Sephardic, Israeli HebrewAshkenazi Hebrew:Ketuvim ("Writings") of the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) and of the Historical Books of the Old Testament. It is a rather short book, in both Jewish and Christian scripture, consisting of only four chapters.