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This volume includes commentary on the first six books of the Minor Prophets: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah. Though varied in setting, style, audience, and theme, these books share at least one commonality: each is an important message from God. With interpretive skill and theological passion, Achtemeier helps the reader see the importance of these messages for today.

God of Israel is at work. Indeed, the central character in the story is not Jonah but God. And through this story, God’s character and purpose are revealed. The theology in Jonah is based primarily on a doctrine of creation. God is the creator of all things and persons (1:9; 4:10). God creates the storm, the fish, the plant, the worm, the scorching east wind. And God is the creator of Jonah and of the inhabitants and animals in Nineveh. As a result, God is the sustainer and
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