The Judgement Of Jonah: Yahweh, Jerusalem And Nineveh (The Library Of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, 642)

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.

• | Author: Alastair G. Hunter
• | Publisher: T&T Clark
• | Publication Date: May 19, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 304 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Religion
• | ISBN-10: 0567673618
• | ISBN-13: 9780567673619