hebrew scripture,
tanach,
tanakh the Jewish scriptures which consist of three divisions--the Torah and the Prophets and the Writings
book of ruth,
ruth a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died
book of ezra,
ezra an Old Testament book telling of a rabbi's efforts in the 5th century BC to reconstitute Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity
