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Jonah is true history that reveals the God of Israel as gracious toward all who repent and believe in him. Ironically, Jonah the Israelite begrudges God’s abundant grace, while Gentiles are converted to saving faith through the preached Word. Excursuses cover OT missions, “The Sign of Jonah” in the NT, death and resurrection motifs from Jonah 2 in Christian Baptism, and God’s change of verdict...

OT genres include historical narratives, genealogies, legal documents, prophecies, laments, songs, parables, and more. But what kind of genre is Jonah?12 Numerous generic names have been used to define the book.13 Among recent writers there has been a strong move away from referring to Jonah as either allegory or midrash. Now the preference is to classify Jonah as didactic fiction.14 Other scholars label Jonah as a story about a prophet,15 a parable,16 a legend,17 a didactic history,18 a philosophical
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