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The Judgement of Jonah: Yahweh, Jerusalem and Nineveh

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

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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.

The Judgement of Jonah: Yahweh, Jerusalem and Nineveh and An Introduction to the Study of the Psalms
An Introduction to the Study of the PsalmsThe Judgement of Jonah: Yahweh, Jerusalem and Nineveh
  • Author

    Alastair G. Hunter

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

  • Published

    May 2022

  • Weight

    604g

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780567673619

  • ISBN-10

    0567673618

  • Eden Code

    4685053

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