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The Signs of Jonah: Reading and Rereading in Ancient Yehud

The Signs of Jonah: Reading and Rereading in Ancient Yehud

Ben Zvi, Ehud
Zvi, Ehud Ben

Paperback

Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies, Book 367

Bible Studies

ISBN10: 0567222934
ISBN13: 9780567222930
Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
Published: Aug 1 2009
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.40 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

In this new and refreshing approach to the story, Ben Zvi starts with the premise that Jonah, like most books, was written to be read. He therefore concentrates on intended and unintended readership(s) of Jonah and the network of messages that they were likely to derive through their reading and rereading. He starts with the historical and social matrix of the production and reading of the book in antiquity, analyzes its self-critical approach and its metaprophetic character as a comment on the genre of prophetic books and on prophets. How does the historical fact of Nineveh's destruction acually shape the reading? Or the perception of Jonah as a runaway slave?Ben Zvi demonstrates the malleability of interpretation of the Book of Jonah and its limitations, as attested in different communities of readers. He asks why certain messages are easily accepted by particular historical communities, whereas others are not raised at all.

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