Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art: The Dinner Party: Heritage Floor: Naomi

As told in the Old Testament Book of Ruth, Naomi was a woman from Judah who, during a time of famine, moved her family to Moab, a city just east of the Dead Sea. When her husband and two sons died, she returned to Judah, bringing her daughter-in-law Ruth to Bethlehem, where she arranged a marriage between her and the wealthy landowner Boaz, one of Naomi's relatives. Ruth and Boaz became ancestors of King David and Jesus Christ.