The Judgement of Jonah

Yahweh, Jerusalem and Nineveh

Professor Alastair G. Hunter (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

2022
T.& T.Clark Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-567-67361-9 (ISBN)

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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.

Alastair G. Hunter is Honorary Research Fellow in Hebrew and Old Testament Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK.

List of Illustrations
Prologue
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The First Place
Chapter 3: Jonah 1:1-3 - The Call
Chapter 4: Jonah 1:4-5 - The Storm
Chapter 5: Jonah 1:7-10 The Lottery
Chapter 6: Jonah 1:11-17 An Ethical Dilemma
Chapter 7: The Sea, The Sea
Chapter 8: Maker of Heaven and Earth
Chapter 9: Jonah 2:1-10 An Appeal from the Abyss
Chapter 10: Jonah, Exodus and Psalms
Chapter 11:Jonah 3:1-10 An Innocent in Nineveh
Chapter 12:Jonah 4:1-11 On Being Elijah the Tishbite
Chapter 13: The Lord’s Fondness for Livestock
Chapter 14: In Conclusion
Bibliography
Indices

Erscheinungsdatum	11.05.2022
Reihe/Serie	The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	0-567-67361-8 / 0567673618
ISBN-13	978-0-567-67361-9 / 9780567673619
Zustand	Neuware