The Judgement of Jonah - Yahweh, Jerusalem and Nineveh

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.>

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• Authors: Alastair G Hunter, Alastair G. Hunter
• Assisted by: Laura Quick (Editor), Jacqueline Vayntrub (Editor)
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2023
• EAN: 9780567706508
• ISBN: 978-0-567-70650-8
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Te; Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Old Testaments, Yahweh; Bible; Old Testament; Israel