Freedom Beyond Forgiveness: The Book of Jonah Re-Examined

From: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly | Date: October 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

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 1995. In chap. I Bolin plots the course by giving a representative survey of premodern and modern interpretations. Chaps. 2-5 are his commentary. Chap. 6 consists of B.'s concluding remarks about the theological perspective of Jonah.

From the outset B. states his biases, though not without ...

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