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The Honeymoon Is Over: Jonah's Argument with God
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T. A. PERRY, The Honeymoon Is Over: Jonah s Argument with God (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2006). Pp. xxxviii + 250. Paper $19.95.
Approaches to the Book of Jonah fall into four categories: (1) those that are informed by rabbinic tradition; (2) those that concentrate on specific problems of history, literary composition, style, language, redaction, and/or a combination thereof; (3) those that are scholarly yet have a semipopular appeal; and (4) those that present the strange adventure of...
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The Honeymoon Is Over: Jonah's Argument with God
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; T. A. PERRY, The Honeymoon Is Over: Jonah s Argument with God (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2006). Pp. xxxviii + 250. Paper $19.95. Approaches to the Book of Jonah fall into four categories: (1) those that are informed by rabbinic tradition; (2) those that concentrate on specific problems of history,
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On the meaning of the Book of Jonah.(Critical Essay)
Midstream
; Jonah is not easily categorized, but it is true to say that it has elements of comedy as well as deep questions of morality within its small compass. It is a masterpiece in miniature, and it has given rise to a myriad of interpretations, many of which are readily available in the Anchor Bible
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The Message of Jonah: Presence in the Storm
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
; The Message of Jonah: Presence in the Storm. By Rosemary Nixon. The Bible Speaks Today. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 2003, 220 pp., $14.00. Rosemary Nixon is vicar of All Saints' Church in Cleadon, England. Previously, she served as principal of the Theological Institute of the Scottish Episcopal
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The Honeymoon Is Over: Jonah's Argument With God
Trinity Journal
; T. A. Perry. The Honeymoon Is Over: Jonah's Argument With God. Peabody: Hendrickson, 2006. xxxvii + 231 pp. $19.95. This monograph provides some fresh and stimulating interpretative insights into the book of Jonah. It challenges traditional readings of Jonah on hermeneutical and theological fronts.
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Freedom Beyond Forgiveness: The Book of Jonah Re-Examined
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; THOMAS M. BOLIN, Freedom beyond Forgiveness: The Book of Jonah Re-Examined (JSOTSup 236; Copenhagen International Seminar 3; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997). Pp. 217. 35, $50. This study on the Book of Jonah is the revision of a doctoral dissertation prepared at Marquette University in
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Forgiveness in a Wounded World: Jonah's Dilemma
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; JANET HOWE GAINES, Forgiveness in a Wounded World: Jonah's Dilemma (SBL Studies in Biblical Literature 5; Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003). Pp. x + 179. Paper $26.95. The small Book of Jonah has garnered much attention as scholars have explored its many themes: the frailty of life,
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A Biblical Text and Its Afterlives: The Survival of Jonah in Western Culture
Journal of Biblical Literature
; A Biblical Text and Its Afterlives: The Survival of Jonah in Western Culture, by Yvonne Sherwood. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp. xii + 321. $65.00/$25.00. It was not long ago that one could be considered widely read and even cutting edge in biblical studies by rounding out one's
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Freedom Beyond Forgiveness: The Book of Jonah Re-examined
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
; Freedom Beyond Forgiveness: The Book of Jonah Re-examined. By Thomas M. Bolin. Copenhagen International Seminar 3. JSOTSup 236. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic, 1997, 217 pp., $53.50. This revision of a doctoral dissertation from Marquette University, Milwaukee (1995) has as its primary goal "the
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Forgiveness in a Wounded World: Jonah's Dilemma.(Book Review)
Shofar
; Forgiveness in a Wounded World: Jonah's Dilemma, by Janet Howe Gaines. Studies in Biblical Literature 5. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2003. 179 pp. $26.95. This fine book is an extended essay on forgiveness, divine and human, using a detailed exposition of the book of Jonah as a vehicle
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The Prophet Jonah: leadership and responsibility
Jerusalem Post
; EINAT RAMON Jerusalem Post 09-21-2007 Headline: The Prophet Jonah: leadership and responsibility Byline: EINAT RAMON Edition; Up Front Section: Features Page: 34 Friday, September 21, 2007 -- We are currently in a crisis of leadership, having lost faith in our leaders. In the Minha service on Yom
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