Also written for the same class on Thusday night, but focusing on the Book of Ruth.

The precise definition of personality has been a point of discussion amongst many different theorists within many different disciplines since the beginning of civilization. Personality can be defined as “the distinctive and characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior that define an individual’s personal style and influence his or her interactions with the environment” extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability and culture. Costa and McCrae’s 5-Factor Model of Personality include: Extraversion, Neuroticism, Openness, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness. I chose the factor model of Agreeableness, which, on the high scores includes softhearted, trusting, generous, acquiescent, lenient and good-natured and the person I believe that fits this description is Boaz.

In his dealings with other people, he was always sensitive to their needs; he was always kind to his workers, relatives and others that he encountered. Ruth 2:20 states that, “He has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead.” As Boaz came out to inspect his fields, he called to the harvesters, “The Lord be with you!” To Ruth, he answered in Ruth 3:11,”And now, my daughter, don’t be afraid, I will do for you all you ask.” And in Ruth 4:10, Boaz states, “I have also acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family…”

All throughout the book of Ruth, Boaz’s nature is shown to be Agreeableness. He was a soft-hearted, warm person, who genuinely cared for people from the heart. On the opposite end of the pole, Manasseh is very weak in these areas. He was ruthless and considered the worst king in the Southern Kingdom and as a result of his acts, the Southern Kingdom would go into exile. Throughout the books of Kings and Chronicles, he is seen to having false worship, set up idols and many other serious acts that are detrimental to the Kingdom that God gave him to rule for Him. He also used his own children for sacrifice to pagan gods! Totally ruthless! 2 Chronicles 33:2 “He did evil in the eyes of the Lord”, 33:6 “He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom..He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, provoking Him to anger”, and 33:9, “But Manasseh led Judah and the people of Jerusalem astray, so that they did more evil than the nations the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites. Manasseh definitely scored low on agreeableness.

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