03066cam a2200385 i 4500 23343539 AUA.1 20250206140554.0 231006t20232023mnua b 001 0 eng d 2023394532 9780800699031 (cloth) 0800699033 (cloth) 9781506486833 (electronic publication) (OCoLC)on1292591431 YDX eng rda YDX BDX ISN CAP JHE SFU PTS IOH ELW DDC JES OCLCO DLC JTL lccopycat BS1605.53 .N583 2023 Niditch, Susan, author. Jonah : a commentary / by Susan Niditch ; edited by David Vanderhooft. Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2023. xxi, 162 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Hermeneia--a critical and historical commentary on the Bible Illustrations also on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-146) and indexes. Introduction -- 1:1-3 Charge and avoidance -- 1:4-16 Group punishment and mollification -- 2:1-11 Individual punishment, petition, and forgiveness -- 3:1-4 Charge and fulfillment -- 3:5-10 Repentance and forgiveness -- 4:1-5 Anger, accusation, and departure -- 4:6-11 Mollification, destruction, anger, and stasis In the new Hermeneia volume, the Jonah translation and commentary, renowned biblical scholar Susan Niditch encourages the reader to investigate challenging questions about ancient conceptions of personal religious identity.Jonah's story is treated as a complex reflection upon the heavy matters of life and death, good and evil, and human and divine relations. The narrative probes an individual's relationship with a demanding deity, considers vexing cultural issues of "us versus them," and examines the role of Israel's god in a universal and international context. The author examines the ways in which Jonah prods readers to contemplate these fundamental issues concerning group- and self-definition.In her technical study of Jonah's language, style, structure, content, and context, Niditch examines the text through the comparative lens of international folklore. The thread of appropriations of Jonah by post-biblical writers and artists is explored, and special attention is paid to rabbinic midrash, medieval Jewish manuscript illuminations, and Christian art of late antiquity. And in the tradition of Hermeneia volumes, the commentary evaluates and incorporates the insights of a long legacy of scholars who have explored this venerable text from varied perspectives."-- Bible. Jonah Commentaries. Bible. Jonah fast Commentaries fast Vanderhooft, David Stephen, editor. Hermeneia--a critical and historical commentary on the Bible. 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg lcc REF BS 1605.53 .N583 2023 24899 24899 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF AUA.1 AUA.1 REF 2025-02-06 Bought by JTL 39.40 AUA27669 3 BS 1605.53 .N583 2023 AUA27669 2026-05-26 12:54:35 2026-05-25 39.40 2025-02-06 REF