The Jonah–Narrative within the Book of the Twelve

Schart, Aaron

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“…4.Aaron Schart (2012) also questions the inclusion of Jonah in the Twelve Prophets, but approaches it from a source-critical perspective.…”

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The Book of Jonah in Recent Research

Tillema

2023

Currents in Biblical Research

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In this article, I identify where contemporary scholarship on Jonah continues to ask enduring questions of any biblical text like dating, structure, and message. I also outline how scholars have brought contemporary approaches to the book. Finally, I suggest some points of divergence between scholarship in the late 20th and early 21st centuries and consider how recent scholarship has treated past contributions. This survey shows that scholarship continues to grapple with questions that have long pervaded Jonah’s interpretive history. At the same time, contemporary approaches bring exciting possibilities to a book that has often resisted a monologic interpretation.

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The Book of Jonah in Recent Research

Tillema

2023

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Nahum

Lim

2021

The Oxford Handbook of the Minor Prophets

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This essay introduces readers to the key interpretive issues in the critical study of the book of Nahum. Interpreting Nahum today requires understanding the following four topics: Nahum’s superscription; the purported acrostic in Nah 1; Nahum within the Book of the Twelve; and divine sexual violence in Nahum. Readers have been troubled by Nahum’s depiction of God’s vengeance toward Assyria, yet they have also been attracted to the book’s aesthetic qualities. The history of interpretation of Nahum reveals that the changing demographics of readers has dramatically shifted the foci of interpretation and attitudes toward the text. Because of its juxtapositions, Nahum continues to be a challenging text that oftentimes divides readers rather than unites them.

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Jonah

Lovelace

2021

The Oxford Handbook of the Minor Prophets

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This essay considers the book of Jonah, the paradoxical figure for whom the book is named, its global narrative, themes and motifs, and contested issues. The article makes clear that while many readers believe that they know the story of Jonah, its storybook appearance belies its narrative complexity. Over the history of interpretation, the figure of Jonah son of Amittai has been regarded as both hero and antihero. Jonah is not called a prophet in the book. The book is written mostly in prose rather than poetry, and in contrast to other prophetic literature, it is a story about a prophet more than it is a prophetic text; thus, it could easily fit among the historical narratives or short stories in the Hebrew Bible. It remains a favorite among Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions, as well as and nonreligious audiences.

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The Jonah–Narrative within the Book of the Twelve

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The Book of Jonah in Recent Research

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