. . "The Book of Ruth (Hebrew: \u05DE\u05D2\u05D9\u05DC\u05EA \u05E8\u05D5\u05EA\u200E, Ashkenazi pronunciation: [m\u0259\u02C8\u0261\u026Al\u0259s rus], Megilath Ruth, \"the Scroll of Ruth\", one of the Five Megillot) is a book of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. In the Jewish canon it is included in the third division, or the Writings (Ketuvim); in the Christian canon it is treated as a history book and placed between Judges and 1 Samuel."@en .