Jonah
a Commentary
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Publication
2021 - Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
Language
English
Word Count
56,000 words, Guess
Page Count
224 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL29773745M
- ISBN-139780567673619
- OCLC Control Number1002651718
- OCLC Control Number1289456003
Classifications
- LCCBS1605.53 .H868 2022
Description
"This study is designed as a commentary with a difference, where the reading of the prophet' travails is explored in the context of two wider themes: (1) the overt and highly sophisticated intertwining of Jonah' 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' time; and secondly, that this would have been evident to Jonah' first readers: the class of elite literati amongst the ruling cadre of late Persian or early Hellenistic Judaea."--
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