Jonah's Story, Our Challenge
Reading a Biblical Narrative in Today's Church and World
Jonah's Story, Our Challenge
Reading a Biblical Narrative in Today's Church and World
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Publisher: SCM Press
ISBN: 9780334061359
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 28/02/2023
Width: 13.5 cm
Height: 21.6 cm
Jonah's radical and enigmatic nature calls for deeper exploration and engagement. Given its brevity, it is also an ideal text for multiple readings from a range of perspectives that complement, build upon, or challenge and critique each other. In Jonah's Story, Our Challenge, each chapter brings a different hermeneutical tool to the text, to demonstrate the wealth of fresh readings and new vistas which can open up, and the rich resources for ministry which can come from these multiple readings.
"This thoughtful and far-reaching book emphasises the inherent plasticity of the book of Jonah and reveals its interpretative richness and diversity. Moeller challenges us to re-evaluate our own preconceived ideas of what the book of Jonah is all about and guides us towards a fuller appreciation of the multiple and often mutually contradictory interpretations of the book." -- Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer "This is an extraordinarily wide-ranging study of many possible ways of reading the book of Jonah, based on close knowledge of all the major types of biblical interpretation in use today-from now traditional 'historical-critical' approaches all the way to postcolonial and ecological readings. In the process, Karl Moeller introduces the reader into the current scene in biblical studies in an attractive and approachable way. An ideal book for anyone beginning to study the Bible, but with much to teach even experienced readers who may be bewildered by the variety of methods now encountered, and who need a re-orientation. Jonah turns out to be an ideal text to try out various methods. Highly recommended! " -- John Barton
