How Jonah is interpreted in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: essays on the authenticity and influence of the biblical prophet
The sign of the prophet Jonah : tracing the tradition history of a biblical character in ancient Judaism and early Christianity / Gregory C. Jenks -- Between "that great city" and "that great city" : the book of Jonah refracted through some of Christianity's great prisms / J...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Lewiston, N.Y. [u.a.]
Mellen Press
2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Jonah
/ Hermeneutics
/ Judaism
/ Christianity
/ Islam
B Jonah / Exegesis / Judaism / Christianity / Islam |
| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Jonah (Biblical prophet) B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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| Summary: | The sign of the prophet Jonah : tracing the tradition history of a biblical character in ancient Judaism and early Christianity / Gregory C. Jenks -- Between "that great city" and "that great city" : the book of Jonah refracted through some of Christianity's great prisms / John T. Greene -- The prophet Jonah in the visual imagination / Martin O'Kane -- "And many beasts" (Jonah 4:11) : the function and status of animals in the book of Jonah / Yael Shemesh -- Jonah in the mirror of Nahum / Donald R. Vance -- When a just man cries out / Mishael M. Caspi -- A dithyrambic paper on Jonah and his music / David Z. Crookes -- The sign of Jonah and the prophet motif in the Gospel of Matthew moving toward the Gentile mission / David M. Moffitt -- Jonah the dove or Jonah the prophet / Tehilla Swartz Altshuler -- Jonah as comic foil in God's serious business : an ancient chancel drama / J. Harold Ellens -- The book of Jonah's didactic message : "train/teach Jonah in his own way" / Yitzhak Peleg -- Reluctant prophet, reluctant Gd, (un)broken covenant / Richard E. Sherwin -- "What the text tells me : why no prophet, and why the loss?" / Herb Hain |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 0773439315 |