{"product_id":"the-judgement-of-jonah-alastair-g-hunter-9780567706508","title":"The Judgement of Jonah: Yahweh, Jerusalem and Nineveh","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis study is designed as a commentary with a difference, where the reading of the prophet's travails is explored in the context of two wider themes: (1) the overt and highly sophisticated intertwining of Jonah's story with an impressively wide range of other biblical texts, often deployed in surprising ways; and (2) the clearly contrarian relationship between God and Jonah which has both vexed and intrigued scholars and lay readers alike for millennia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnderpinning this reading is a twofold thesis: firstly, an argument that many of the puzzles inherent in the book of Jonah can be illuminated in the light of the idea that Nineveh was from the beginning a cipher for the Jerusalem of the author's time; and secondly, that this would have been evident to Jonah's first readers: the class of elite literati amongst the ruling cadre of late Persian or early Hellenistic Judaea.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alastair G. Hunter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0567706508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780567706508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e T\u0026amp;T Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/30\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.64d","brand":"Alastair G. Hunter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075825889535,"sku":"9780567706508","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_28a1898c-325a-4fe3-80b8-aa9a08d13636.jpg?v=1685461663","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-judgement-of-jonah-alastair-g-hunter-9780567706508","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}