Ruth, Jonah, Esther (Biblia.com)

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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...

(bala˓) generally refers to a hostile action, often by God (e.g., Ps. 21:9/10 in Heb.). We might capture the hostility of that term by the English word devour. Yet the Hebrew narrative does not use a hostile word to designate the sea animal, simply calling it a fish, rather than a sea monster (cf. “Leviathan,” Isa. 27:1). We have no idea whether God even intends to punish Jonah. God’s only expressed intention is for Jonah to go to Nineveh with a message of warning (1:2). It seems more likely

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