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Eugene F. Roop focuses on three of the Bible's most compelling short stories, Ruth, Jonah, and Esther. He draws attention to distinctive narrative characteristics of these three magnificent dramas. Such scrutiny opens new vistas of interpretation that can undergird the faith, life, and neighborly relations of the church. Each narrative features intense interaction among the characters and, in...

autumnal harvest festival commemorated God’s protection of Israel in the wilderness. Perhaps Jonah’s concern also involves divine protection. For him, it requires divine destruction of Israel’s enemies (LaCocque, 1990:152). God acts, not to destroy Nineveh, but to provide protection for Jonah (4:6). Once again, God uses elements of nature. At sea, God has hurled a wind and instructed a fish (1:4, 17; 2:10). On land, God appoints a bush. We do not know what kind of bush any more than we know the identity

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