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Zusatztext 'An excellent introduction to Biblical stories. 'Jonah's World' deserves a place of honour on every reading list for courses on the book of Jonah. It poses the right questions and supplies lots of information to guide readers towards the ancient world.' --Journal of Hebrew Scriptures'Useful for students and scholars as a unique reading of Jonah and an introductory exemplar of social-science readings of the Hebrew Bible.' --Religious Studies Review'Deserves attention for the light it throws on the social world that produced the ever-fascinating story of Jonah.' --Review of Biblical Literature Informationen zum Autor Lowell K. Handy is employed at the American Theological Library Association! Religion Index! Chicago. His doctorate degree is from the Divinity School of University of Chicago. Klappentext Sets out the background world for the story of Jonah. Accepting the biblical book as a fictitious short story based on "real world" locations! this volume uses social science approaches to describe the imaginative world in which the action takes place. Zusammenfassung The story of Jonah, often read as a simple children's story, is a multifaceted and elaborate narrative with serious intent Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction I ntroduction; Chapter 1 A S cribe's -E ye V iew; Chapter 2 A n I maginary R eal W orld; Chapter 3 T he D ivine R ealm; Chapter 4 T he H uman D imension; Chapter 5 A n U nnatural N ature; Chapter 6 A M oral U niverse ?; Chapter 7 R eality as F iction; Chapter 8 T he S tory O nce M ore;
