A Biblical Text and Its Afterlives: The Survival of Jonah in Western Culture.A Biblical Text and Its Afterlives: The Survival of Jonah Jonah (jō`nə), prophetic book of the Bible. It tells the story of a prophet called by God to preach repentance to the city of Nineveh. According to the Second Book of Kings, Jonah lived during the reign (c.786 B.C.–c.746 B.C. in Western Culture. By Yvonne Sherwood (Cambridge, $25.99). S. not only offers a fine survey of and response to biblical scholarship on Jonah but also deals with treatments of Jonah in art, literature, and popular culture. Luther (who used Jonah to denounce de·nounce tr.v. de·nounced, de·nounc·ing, de·nounc·es 1. To condemn openly as being evil or reprehensible. See Synonyms at criticize. 2. To accuse formally. 3. Judaism and also muses on the absurdities of the book) and Calvin pass in review, as do contemporary exegetes, literary theorists, and artists over the ages (there are seventeen black-and-white plates). The first section of the book, "The Mainstream," overviews Christian and scholarly interpretations of Jonah from Jesus until today. The second section, "Backwaters and Underbellies." pays special attention to Jewish and popular interpretations. In a third section, "Regurgitating Jonah," she considers modern theories of reading and then gives her own post-structuralist exegesis exegesis Scholarly interpretation of religious texts, using linguistic, historical, and other methods. In Judaism and Christianity, it has been used extensively in the study of the Bible. Textual criticism tries to establish the accuracy of biblical texts. of this very short book. As one reviewer re·view·er n. One who reviews, especially one who writes critical reviews, as for a newspaper or magazine. reviewer Noun a person who writes reviews of books, films, etc. Noun 1. also puts it, S. is incapable of writing a bland sentence. RWK RWK Rework RWK Race War Kingdoms (online game) |
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