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The Signs of Jonah: Reading and Rereading in Ancient Yehud

Reading and Rereading in Ancient Yehud

by Ehud Ben Zvi

  • Paperback
  • 208 pages
  • Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.1 cm

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In this new and refreshing approach to the story, Ben Zvi starts with the premise that Jonah, like most books, was written to be read. He therefore concentrates on intended and unintended readership(s) of Jonah and the network of messages that they were likely to derive through their reading and rereading. He starts with the historical and social matrix of the production and reading of the book in antiquity, analyzes its self-critical approach and its metaprophetic character as a comment on the genre of prophetic books and on prophets. How does the historical fact of Nineveh's destruction acually shape the reading? Or the perception of Jonah as a runaway slave?Ben Zvi demonstrates the malleability of interpretation of the Book of Jonah and its limitations, as attested in different communities of readers. He asks why certain messages are easily accepted by particular historical communities, whereas others are not raised at all.
The Signs of Jonah: Reading and Rereading in Ancient Yehud and Poets, Prophets, and Texts in Play
Poets, Prophets, and Texts in PlayThe Signs of Jonah: Reading and Rereading in Ancient Yehud

  • Author

    Ehud Ben Zvi

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Continnuum-3PL

  • Published

    August 2009

  • Weight

    268g

  • Page Count

    208

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780567222930

  • ISBN-10

    0567222934

  • Eden Code

    2660963

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