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Jonah : a commentary / James Limburg.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster/John Knox Press, (c)1993.Edition: first editionDescription: 123 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780664212964
  • 9780664228521
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS1605 .J663 1993
  • BS1605
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Contents:
Jonah as Didactic Story -- Date, Composition, and Text -- Theological Themes -- Approach and Suggestions for Using the Commentary -- 1:1-3 The Runaway. Excursus: The Names for God in Jonah -- 1:4-16 The Storm -- 1:17-2:10 2:1-11. The Fish. Excursus: The Song of Thanksgiving. Excursus: The Sign of Jonah -- 3:1-3a The Reassignment -- 3:3b-10 The City -- 4:1-3 The Confession -- 4:4-11 The Question -- App. 1. Jonah in the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books -- App. 2. Jonah in Literature from the First Centuries A.D. -- App. 3. Jonah in Judaism -- App. 4. Jonah in Islam -- App. 5. Jonah and the Reformers.
Subject: Careful examination of the text, pointing out the significance of this old story for our own time. An extensive appendix provides highlights from the interpretation of Jonah in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.Subject: Few parts of the Bible have captured the imagination of individuals in the way that the book of Jonah has. James Limburg examines this well-known book, keeping several questions in mind: How did the story originate? What is its place in the Bible? How did the New Testament understand the story? How has the story been understood in Judaism and in Islam? What might it mean for people today? And what does it have to say about God, about the human condition, and even about.Subject: God and nature? In reviewing the book, Limburg gives special attention to the many contributions of artists, musicians, painters, and sculptors who, he says, may have been the best interpreters of Jonah. He also keeps in mind the literary dimension of the texts and takes great care to follow the divisions of the book as they were defined by Jewish scribal tradition. Limburg begins his commentary with a fresh translation of the biblical book of Jonah and continues with a.
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Reference (Library Use ONLY) G. Allen Fleece Library COMMENTARY Non-fiction BS1605.O755 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) JON Available OLD TESTAMENT LIBRARY 31923001487426

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Jonah Among the Prophetic Books -- Jonah as Didactic Story -- Date, Composition, and Text -- Theological Themes -- Approach and Suggestions for Using the Commentary -- 1:1-3 The Runaway. Excursus: The Names for God in Jonah -- 1:4-16 The Storm -- 1:17-2:10 2:1-11. The Fish. Excursus: The Song of Thanksgiving. Excursus: The Sign of Jonah -- 3:1-3a The Reassignment -- 3:3b-10 The City -- 4:1-3 The Confession -- 4:4-11 The Question -- App. 1. Jonah in the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books -- App. 2. Jonah in Literature from the First Centuries A.D. -- App. 3. Jonah in Judaism -- App. 4. Jonah in Islam -- App. 5. Jonah and the Reformers.

Careful examination of the text, pointing out the significance of this old story for our own time. An extensive appendix provides highlights from the interpretation of Jonah in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Few parts of the Bible have captured the imagination of individuals in the way that the book of Jonah has. James Limburg examines this well-known book, keeping several questions in mind: How did the story originate? What is its place in the Bible? How did the New Testament understand the story? How has the story been understood in Judaism and in Islam? What might it mean for people today? And what does it have to say about God, about the human condition, and even about.

God and nature? In reviewing the book, Limburg gives special attention to the many contributions of artists, musicians, painters, and sculptors who, he says, may have been the best interpreters of Jonah. He also keeps in mind the literary dimension of the texts and takes great care to follow the divisions of the book as they were defined by Jewish scribal tradition. Limburg begins his commentary with a fresh translation of the biblical book of Jonah and continues with a.

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