Jonah's World

Social Science and the Reading of Prophetic Story

Lowell K. Handy

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Equinox Publishing Ltd
10 January 2008

Bible readings, selections & meditations

Series: BibleWorld

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 will be invaluable to students and scholars seeking a new approach to the reading of this colourful text.

By: Lowell K. Handy
Imprint: Equinox Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781845531249
ISBN 10: 1845531248
Series: BibleWorld
Pages: 230
Publication Date: 10 January 2008
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction I ntroduction; Chapter 1 A S cribe's -E ye V iew; Chapter 2 A n I maginary R eal W orld; Chapter 3 T he D ivine R ealm; Chapter 4 T he H uman D imension; Chapter 5 A n U nnatural N ature; Chapter 6 A M oral U niverse ?; Chapter 7 R eality as F iction; Chapter 8 T he S tory O nce M ore;

Lowell K. Handy is employed at the American Theological Library Association, Religion Index, Chicago. His doctorate degree is from the Divinity School of University of Chicago. Publications include Among the Host of Heaven: the Syro-Palestinian Pantheon as Bureaucracy (1995); The Educated Person's Thumbnail Introduction to the Bible (1998); and Entertaining Faith: Reading Short Stories in the Bible (2000); as well as the edited volume: The Age of Solomon: Scholarship at the Turn of the Millennium (1997).

Reviews for Jonah's World: Social Science and the Reading of Prophetic Story

'An excellent introduction to Biblical stories. 'Jonah's World' deserves a place of honour on every reading list for courses on the book of Jonah. It poses the right questions and supplies lots of information to guide readers towards the ancient world.' --Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 'Useful for students and scholars as a unique reading of Jonah and an introductory exemplar of social-science readings of the Hebrew Bible.' --Religious Studies Review 'Deserves attention for the light it throws on the social world that produced the ever-fascinating story of Jonah.' --Review of Biblical Literature