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Revelation of God: A Commentary on the Books of the Song of Songs and Jonah is unavailable, but you can change that!

With due attention to historical and literary issues, the authors explore the theological contributions of two books unique among the Old Testament canon. Offering fresh perspectives for the book’s message and setting, George A. F. Knight depicts The Song of Songs as a book about God and his plan of redemption for the world—a revelation of the love of God. Friedemann W. Golka presents the book...

speculations as to when, where, and how exactly Yahweh would have spoken to the prophet. Equally scanty is our information about Jonah. All we learn is his father’s name: Amittai. We can extract a little more information from 2 Kgs. 14:25, which says of King Jeroboam II of the northern kingdom: “He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai,
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