Signs of Jonah

Reading and Rereading in Ancient Yehud

Ehud Ben Zvi

Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series 367

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ISBN 0-8264-6268-5

To Perla, Amos, Naamah and Micha

Contents

Abbreviations

Chapter 1

Introduction

Chapter 2

Nineveh’s Fates

Chapter 3

Jonah 1:2, Divine Foreknowledge and the Fates of Nineveh

Chapter 4

A Tale of Two Jonahs and Two Accounts

Chapter 5

Jonah, the Runaway Servant/Slave

Chapter 6

Atypicality and the Meta-prophetic Character of the Book of Jonah

Chapter 7

Jonah, the Jerusalemite literati and their Image of Themselves

Chapter 8

The Book of Jonah, Israel and Jerusalem

Chapter 9

Infinite but Limited Diversity: A Heuristic, Theoretical Frame for Analyzing Different Interpretations of the Book of Jonah

Bibliography

Index of References

Index of Authors

Abbreviations

AB Anchor Bible

ABRL Anchor Bible Reference Library

AJSRev Association for Jewish Studies Review

ASOR American Schools of Oriental Research

AusBR Australian Biblical Review

AUSS Andrews University Seminary Studies

BBR Bulletin for Biblical Research

BEATAJ Beiträge zur Erforschung des Altes Testament und des antiken Judentum

Bib Biblica

BibInt Biblical Interpretation

BN Biblische Notizen

BR Biblical Research

BZ Biblische Zeitschrift

BZAW Beheifte zur ZAW

CB Coniectanea biblica

CBQ Catholic Biblical Quarterly

CCARJ Central Conference of American Rabbis Journal

CurrTM Currents in Theology and Mission

DBAT Dielheimer Blätter zum Alten Testamen und seiner Rezeption in der Alten Kirche

DBI J.H. Hayes (ed.), Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1999)

DJD Discoveries in the Judaean Desert

EstBib Estudios biblicos

FOTL The Forms of the Old Testament Literature

FRLANT Forschungen zur Religion und Literatur des Alten und Neuen Testaments

GTJ Grace Theological Journal

HAR Hebrew Annual Review

HBT Horizons in Biblical Theology

HS Hebrew Studies

IB Interpreter’s Bible

ITC International Theological Commentary

JBL Journal of Biblical Literature

JBQ Jewish Bible Quarterly

JETS Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society

JHS Journal of Hebrew Scriptures

JJS Journal of Jewish Studies

JNES Journal of Near Eastern Studies

JNSL Journal of Northwest Semitic Langugages

JPS Jewish Publication Society

JQR Jewish Quarterly Review

JSOT Journal for the Study of the Old Testament

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About Signs of Jonah: Reading and Rereading in Ancient Yehud

Signs of Jonah emphasizes how the book of Jonah was received by its readers, and how it can help understanding of the culture and society of the time. Zvi focuses on how the audience would have read it, and even how they would have reread it, since books and stories are repeated and pondered time after time. He zeros in on indications throughout the text for how the text would have been read by its intended readers and actual readers. Zvi believes that the literary style and key literary strategies provide social commentary.

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