
The Message of Jonah
Rosemary Nixon(Author)
Inter-Varsity Press
Published on 18. January 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-78974-435-4 (ISBN)
Description
The 'great fish' has probably made Jonah the best known of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament. The book bearing his name, comprising just 48 verses, has tantalized and intrigued its readers throughout the ages.
However, undue preoccupation with the fish may cause us to miss what is actually going on in this narrative. Although the story of Jonah seems fairly straightforward on the surface, Rosemary Nixon explores its fascinating complexity to show how the author grapples with conflicting perceptions of God. While we might question some of the story's extra-ordinary features, we ourselves are also questioned by the God who called Jonah, and challenged to hear His word afresh.
The Bible Speaks Today series covers every book of the Old and New Testaments, as well as Bible themes that run through the whole of Scripture. These revised editions are redesigned inside and out and have been sensitively updated with contemporary language and Bible translations to help you follow, study and teach the Bible in today's world.
However, undue preoccupation with the fish may cause us to miss what is actually going on in this narrative. Although the story of Jonah seems fairly straightforward on the surface, Rosemary Nixon explores its fascinating complexity to show how the author grapples with conflicting perceptions of God. While we might question some of the story's extra-ordinary features, we ourselves are also questioned by the God who called Jonah, and challenged to hear His word afresh.
The Bible Speaks Today series covers every book of the Old and New Testaments, as well as Bible themes that run through the whole of Scripture. These revised editions are redesigned inside and out and have been sensitively updated with contemporary language and Bible translations to help you follow, study and teach the Bible in today's world.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Nottingham
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
322 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78974-435-4 (9781789744354)
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Rosemary Nixon
The Message of Jonah
Book
04/2003
Inter-Varsity Press
€34.87
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Person
Rosemary Nixon was pastor to the Community of Durham Cathedral and formerly vicar of All Saints' Church in Cleadon, Sunderland. She also served as principal of the Theological Institute of the Scottish Episcopal Church, Edinburgh, director of the urban studies unit in the parish of Gatehead, and tutor in Old Testament studies at Cranmer Hall, Durham.
Content
General preface ix
Author's preface xi
Chief abbreviations xiii
Select bibliography xiv
Introduction 1
1. The literary genre of Jonah 27
2. A prophet protests (1:1-3) 40
3. Storm at sea (1:4-8) 69
4. The prophet speaks (1:9-16) 87
5. Alive or dead? (1:17 - 2:10) 112
6. Jonah calls upon the Lord (2:1-10) 127
7. A persistent God (3:1-10) 144
8. A prophet's anger and the Lord's pity (4:1-11) 168
9. The repentance of Nineveh and the people of God 190
Appendices
A possible chronology of Jonah's life and times 203
Map of places relevant to the book of Jonah 204
Author's preface xi
Chief abbreviations xiii
Select bibliography xiv
Introduction 1
1. The literary genre of Jonah 27
2. A prophet protests (1:1-3) 40
3. Storm at sea (1:4-8) 69
4. The prophet speaks (1:9-16) 87
5. Alive or dead? (1:17 - 2:10) 112
6. Jonah calls upon the Lord (2:1-10) 127
7. A persistent God (3:1-10) 144
8. A prophet's anger and the Lord's pity (4:1-11) 168
9. The repentance of Nineveh and the people of God 190
Appendices
A possible chronology of Jonah's life and times 203
Map of places relevant to the book of Jonah 204