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Subject(s)

• Jonah (Biblical prophet) [Browse]
• Bible Jonah—Commentaries [Browse]
• God (Christianity) [Browse]

Series

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 642. [More in this series]

Summary note

"This study is designed as a commentary with a difference, where the reading of the prophet's travails is explored in the context of two wider themes: (1) the overt and highly sophisticated intertwining of Jonah's story with an impressively wide range of other biblical texts, often deployed in surprising ways; and (2) the clearly contrarian relationship between God and Jonah which has both vexed and intrigued scholars and lay readers alike for millennia. Underpinning this reading is a twofold thesis: firstly, an argument that many of the puzzles inherent in the book of Jonah can be illuminated in the light of the idea that Nineveh was from the beginning a cipher for the Jerusalem of the author's time; and secondly, that this would have been evident to Jonah's first readers: the class of elite literati amongst the ruling cadre of late Persian or early Hellenistic Judaea." --Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

• The first place: Nineveh
• Jonah 1.1-3: The call
• Jonah 1.4-6: Ther storm
• Jonah 1.7-10: The lottery
• Jonah 1.11-16: An ethical dilemma
• The sea, the sea
• Maker of heaven and earh: Jonah and Genesis
• Jonah 1.17-2.10: An appeal from the abyss
• Jonah, Exodus, and Psalms
• Jonah 3.1-10: An innocent in NHineveh
• Jonah 4.1-11: On being Elijah the Tishbite
• The Lord's fondness for livestock.

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ISBN

• 9780567673619 (hardcover)
• 0567673618 (hardcover)

OCLC

1002651718

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