Jonah's world : social science and the reading of prophetic story / Lowell K. Handy.

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Handy, Lowell K, 1949-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Bible world (London, England)Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 214 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781315711218
1315711214
1317491270
9781317491279
1845537475
9781845537470

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Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:

224.9206 H236
224.9206 H236

LOC classification:

BS1605.52 .H36 2014

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Contents:

1. A scribe's eye view -- 2. An imaginary real world -- 3. The divine realm -- 4. The human dimension -- 5. An unnatural nature -- 6. A moral universe? -- 7. Reality as fiction -- 8. The story once more.

Summary: The story of Jonah, often read as a simple children's story, is a multifaceted and elaborate narrative with serious intent. Treating the biblical book as a fictitious story based on real locations and recognizable persons, 'Jonah's World' examines the background to the story and draws on social science approaches to describe its imaginative world. The book explores the geography, theology, myth, human characters, natural landscape, and the ideology behind the story to uncover a vision of reality shaped by literary technique. Jonah's World</EM> will be invaluable to students and scholars.

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Originally published 2007 by Equinox, an imprint of Acumen.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-199) and indexes.

The story of Jonah, often read as a simple children's story, is a multifaceted and elaborate narrative with serious intent. Treating the biblical book as a fictitious story based on real locations and recognizable persons, 'Jonah's World' examines the background to the story and draws on social science approaches to describe its imaginative world. The book explores the geography, theology, myth, human characters, natural landscape, and the ideology behind the story to uncover a vision of reality shaped by literary technique. Jonah's World</EM> will be invaluable to students and scholars.

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