The judgement of Jonah : Yahweh, Jerusalem and Nineveh / Alastair G. Hunter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hunter, Alastair G., author.

Series:

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 642.

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 642

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jonah (Biblical prophet).

Jonah.

Bible. Jonah--Commentaries.

Bible.

God (Christianity).

Physical Description:

xx, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY : T&T Clark, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2022.

Summary:

"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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780567673619

0567673618

OCLC:

1002651718