The end of the story of Naomi and Ruth sounds even more like a modern soap opera than the beginning. It has all the intrigue and machinations, which people expect in a drama like Dallas or Dynasty. After Ruth’s recongition by Boaz - remember that she "found favor in his eyes" and was the recipient of his generosity and protection - Naomi had asked Ruth, "My daughter, should I not seek a home for you, that it may be well with you?" Naomi and Ruth targeted Boaz as the most likely and desirable husband available in Bethlehem. The problem they faced was how to change the apparently paternal feeling that Boaz had for Ruth into a desire to take her as his wife. This was not going to be easy, because Boaz was not only a man of considerable wealth and influence, but he was an honorable man, as wel…