A wealthy landowner spotted a young woman in one of his fields. Not an uncommon sight. Yet what he did turned something common into one of history's greatest stories.

The woman was a foreigner, the widowed daughter-in-law of a woman who returned to her dead husband's hometown to survive. Two widows, broke, penniless, grubbing for anything to eat.

The landowner, Boaz, had money. He had influence. He had reputation. The young widow, Ruth, was a poor, vulnerable, exposed immigrant. Desperate, she went to

Boaz's field to follow his workers, picking up scraps to help her and her mother-in-law survive one more day.

One day, Ruth met Boaz in his barn. For Boaz, it was opportunity. He had privacy. He had power. He saw the easy road. The common road. The road of appetite. He could use Ruth like a...

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