5 Minute Bible

Obadiah and Jonah

Juxtaposition: putting things together to make something "more than the sum of the parts" is a common artistic skill, it is common (but often unrecognised) in the Bible. As my least favourite book of the Bible helps reveal!

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Labels: isaiah, jonah, obadiah

posted by Tim @ 3:29 PM
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Jonah 1:3-5 : What's Jonah doing?!

The puzzle of Jonah's actions, and other strange goings-on don't stop in Jonah 1:3, but deepen (pun intended) as we begin to read on... we meet the ship that had plans of its own and hear echoes of Santa Claus in the telling of Jonah's story...

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Jonah 1:2: three little words

Continuing the series on Jonah, we rush ahead into the second verse of the book, only to spot yet again possibly more than one meaning. Jonah's task however is clear.

By the way I am sorry about the long delays recently, I hope to post more regularly again, but not till after enjoying a two week holiday - starting on Sunday.

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Jonah: Thoroughly fishy!

Spotting the exaggerations and humour in the book can help us understand, but it also acts as a warning!

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posted by Tim @ 5:12 PM
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Jonah pt.2: Jon 1:3 - What's going on?

So, here's the second part of the Jonah series. This time we focus on 1:3. Again we end with a question - but at least the right question is better than the wrong answer!

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Jonah 1:1 - How should I begin?

This post deals with Jonah 1:1, I excuse this by reference to the new commentary series announced on the first of this month by Eisenbrauns ;-) This 'cast deals with beginnings, and with whether the clues in this verse suggest Jonah is of the genre prophecy or narrative (if you don't understand why this question matters, keep coming back as I'll have a post on "Why genre matters" soon!

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PS: Thank you Tyler for reminding me of your blog post commentary on Jonah, you began it so long ago ;-) that I'd forgotten - but it should get a link here!
I should also link to my Notes on Jonah, less detailed than these talks, but dealing with the whole book.

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posted by Tim @ 9:14 AM
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