Silence as Resistance: A Postcolonial Reading of the Silence of Jonah in Jonah 4.1-11

Established readings of the book of Jonah have criticized Jonah as the personification of a narrow-minded Jew and emphasized God’s universal and inclusive love and mercy. However, embedded in this inclusivity of universalism is a working system of exclusivity which silences the voice of the weak. Th...

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Main Author: Ryu, Chesung Justin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2009
In: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2009, Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 195-218
Further subjects:B rhetoric of the strong
B Resistance
B Anger
B Silence
B Postcolonial
B colonized audience
B Jonah
B Nineveh
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