The Old Testament names more women and has more books named for women than any of the other texts in the Latter-day St. Canon.

They fulfill their roles as disciples, family members, and in following their personal integrity with living up to their commitment within community relationships.

How do they fulfill these roles? And how can

Latter-day Saints better fulfill these roles by following their examples? We'll discuss that,

and much more, on today's episode of Abide, a Maxwell Institute podcast. My name is Joseph Stewart.

I'm the Public Communication Specialist, the Neely Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship at

Brigham Young University. Christian Hill is a research fellow at the Institute. In each week, we discuss the week's

block of reading from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Come Follow Me curriculum. We aren't

here to present a lesson, or rather to hit on a few key themes from the scripture block,

those to help fulfill the Maxwell Institute's mission to inspire and fortify Latter-day Saints and their testimonies are the

restored gospel of Jesus Christ and engage the world of religious ideas. Today we are once again

joined by Derek Baker, one of our research assistants. Derek is an ancient Near Eastern Studies major

focusing on Greek at BYU from St. George, Utah. After Derek graduates, he plans to become a high school

history teacher. Welcome back, Derek.

Thanks for having me again.

Our pleasure.

Now, Christian, we're looking at the book of Ruth and then 1st Samuel 1 through 3 today.

What's going on in this section?

The stories of Ruth and Hannah are like a delightful oasis amid the tales of conquest and kingship. They are stories of faith, devotion,

longing, and blessing. The Book of Ruth is set in the period of the judges and provides,

together with the story of Judah and Tamar, found in Genesis 38, some concreteness and

humanity to the genealogy of the Royal House of David. Both Tamar and

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