The judgement of Jonah : Yahweh, Jerusalem and Nineveh / Alastair G. Hunter.
| Author/creator | Hunter, Alastair G. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | London, UK ; New York, NY : T&T Clark, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2022. |
| Copyright Date | cu2022 |
| Description | xx, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 642. ^A689319 |
| 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. |
| Abstract | "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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN | 9780567673619 |
| ISBN | 0567673618 hardcover |