The Judgment of Jonah

"This is not a commentary in the traditional sense. One might call it an existential commentary. An important aim of the author is to bring out the relevance of the story, of the person, mission, and situation of Jonah, to Christians in our own time."

"Above all, this is a theological, or --more specifically -- a christological commentary. The author's chief aim is to relate the book, not to Christians, but to Christ. Ellul thinks Christ is the center of all Scripture, and he also takes seriously the specific reference which Christ makes to the sign of Jonah. If this reading is correct, and the Bible is indeed a unity, the exposition of Ellul, though not developed in detail, has a distinctive theological contribution to make."

"Those who want acute theological insight, and are not afraid of plain, hard-hitting application, will read this vivid study with relish and profit."
-- From the Preface by G. W. Bromiley

About the author

Jacques Ellul (1912 - 1994), long time Professor of the History & Sociology of Institutions at the University of Bordeaux, France, was one of the twentieth century's most important analysts and critics of our emerging technological society --- and any lukewarm, conformist Christianity that fails to salt and light that society and culture. Money and Power is one of his fifty books that remains as fresh and relevant as when it first came out in 1954.

Product details

• Authors: Geoffrey W. Bromiley, Jacques Ellul, Jacques/ Bromiley Ellul
• Assisted by: Geoffrey W. Bromiley (Translation)
• Publisher: Wipf & stock publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.06.2011
• EAN: 9781610972819
• ISBN: 978-1-61097-281-9
• Series: Jacques Ellul Legacy; Jacques Ellul Legacy Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works