Jonah & Lamentations / R.B. Salters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salters, Robert B., author.

Series:

Old Testament guides.

Old Testament guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Jonah--Commentaries.

Bible.

Bible. Lamentations--Commentaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (126 p.)

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, England : JSOT Press for the Society for Old Testament Study, [1994]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While the book of Jonah is, in some ways, unique, it stands firmly in the Old Testament tradition. There have been various suggestions as to genre, the most likely being the (short) didactic story; but the aim of the author is not easy to discern. The authenticity of Jonah's message to the Ninevites is stressed, as is their repentance, and Yahweh's mercy. The purpose of the book must lie in a combination of these themes. Lamentations is a neglected book, perhaps because it was associated with the book of Jeremiah and considered almost as an appendix. On the question of genre it has the closest

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Part I: Jonah; Part II: Lamentations; Index of Biblical References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 20, 2014).

ISBN:

9786613199911

9781283199919

1283199912

9780567475053

0567475050

OCLC:

741690117