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• ISBN: 1587431378
• ISBN: 9781587431371
• Physical Description: print
  187 pages ; 24 cm.
• Publisher: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Brazos Press, [2008]
• Copyright: ©2008

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Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Christian readers of a Jewish book -- Text -- Jonah 1: Jonah goes down and the ship is saved -- The Word of the Lord, Jonah, and the Gentiles (1:1-3) -- At wit's end (1:4-6) -- Finding out Jonah (1:7-10) -- The logic of redemption (1:11-17) -- Excursus : the sign of Jonah -- Jonah 2: Jonah's Psalm from the depths -- Jonah 3: The repentance of Nineveh -- Jonah calls and Nineveh believes (3:1-5) -- The king and God (3:6-10) -- Jonah 4: The repentance of the Lord -- Jonah contends with the Lord (4:1-4) -- The Parable of the Gourd (4:5-11) -- Epilogue: Jonah, Jacob, and the older brother.

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