03002nam 2200601Ia 450 991081028290332120230617005132.01-281-80301-497866118030180-567-44891-6(CKB)1000000000542344(EBL)436231(OCoLC)276856173(SSID)ssj0000245901(PQKBManifestationID)12075636(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000245901(PQKBWorkID)10180739(PQKB)11042451(MiAaPQ)EBC436231(Au-PeEL)EBL436231(CaPaEBR)ebr10250857(CaONFJC)MIL180301(OCoLC)893333987(EXLCZ)99100000000054234420030128d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSigns of Jonah reading and rereading in ancient Yehud /Ehud Ben ZviLondon ;New York Sheffield Academic Pressc20031 online resource (185 p.)Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;367Description based upon print version of record.0-567-22293-4 0-8264-6268-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-166) and index.Contents; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 NINEVEH'S FATES; Chapter 3 JONAH 1.2, DIVINE FOREKNOWLEDGE AND THE FATES OF NINEVEH; Chapter 4 A TALE OF TWO JONAHS AND TWO ACCOUNTS; Chapter 5 JONAH, THE RUNAWAY SERVANT/SLAVE; Chapter 6 ATYPICALITY AND THE META-PROPHETIC CHARACTER OF THE BOOK OF JONAH; Chapter 7 JONAH, THE JERUSALEMITE LITERATI AND THEIR IMAGE OF THEMSELVES; Chapter 8 THE BOOK OF JONAH, ISRAEL AND JERUSALEM; Chapter 9 INFINITE BUT LIMITED DIVERSITY: A HEURISTIC, THEORETICAL FRAME FOR ANALYZING DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS OF THE BOOK OF JONAH; BibliographyIndex of ReferencesIndex of AuthorsIn 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 acuaJournal for the study of the Old Testament.Supplement series ;367.Sign of JohanSign of Johan.224.9206Ben Zvi Ehud1951-1613465MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810282903321Signs of Jonah4112559UNINA