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| Titre : | Jonah and the Human Condition : Life and Death in Yahweh's World |
| Auteurs : | Stuart Lasine, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Londres; New York : T&T Clark, 2021 |
| Collection : | Library of Hebrew Bible / Old Testament Studies (Formerly Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series), num. 688 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-567-70060-5 |
| Format : | xv + 165 p. / Bibliographie; index |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | CKJon/A (Commentaires bibliques sur Jonas) |
| Note de contenu : |
- List of Figures
- Preface - List of Abbreviations PART ONE - PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN CONDITION IN THE HEBREW BIBLE CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION: CHARACTERIZING THE HUMAN CONDITION - 1. Biblical answers to “What is the human being?” - 2. Are humans born for trouble and toil? - 3. Comparing biblical and Greek answers to ‘‘What is the human being?” - 4. Biblical and modem conceptions of the human condition: Part One of this study - 5. Jonah’s human condition: Part Two of this study CHAPTER 2 - PESSIMISM AND THE HUMAN CONDITION IN THE HEBREW BIBLE - 1. What exactly is “pessimism”? - 2. Are Qoheleth’s pronouncements on death and injustice pessimistic? - 3. Pessimistic divine and human leaders in Deuteronomy 31 - 4. Pessimism among the prophets: When is death better than life? - 5. Conclusion CHAPTER 3 - AT SEA IN YAHWEH’S WORLD: NAVIGATING THE HUMAN CONDITION IN THE HEBREW BIBLE - 1. The “Life is a sea voyage” metaphor - 2. Images of enclosure and exposure in Jonah 1-2 - 3. Images of enclosure and exposure in the Psalms - 4. Storms at sea in Psalm 107 and the issue of theodicy - 5. Death—and birth—as shipwreck - 6. Coping with the storms of life in Yahweh’s world - 7. Conclusion CHAPTER 4 - READING ABOUT DEATH IN BIBLICAL NARRATIVE - 1. The psychology of reading about death - 2. Reading about death and resuscitation in 2 Kings 13 - 3. Power and immortality: Exalting Elisha’s bones - 4. Readers’ fear of death and the prospect of an afterlife PART TWO - JONAH AND THE HUMAN CONDITION IN YAHWEH’S WORLD CHAPTER 5 - JONAH AS A LITERARY CHARACTER - 1. Psychological judgments on Jonah’s character - 2. What we are, and are not, told about Jonah’s situation and character - 3. “Jonah complexes” and our own CHAPTER 6 - THE PLOT OF JONAH, CHILDHOOD CRISES, AND THE PERILS OF ADULTHOOD - 1. Fears of being swallowed and eaten - 2 Fantasies of being swallowed and killing the monster from within - 3. Jonah and other mature ancient heroes - 4. Yahweh’s character and his relationship with Jonah CHAPTER 7 - CONCLUSION: LIVING AND DYING IN THE HEBREW BIBLE - 1. Orwell’s “essential Jonah act” - 2. Life and death “keeping house together”: The end of the book of Jonah - 3. Vulnerability and the human condition - 4. Weltende? Visions of death, exposure, and enclosure in Jeremiah and Qoheleth - 5. My death in Yahweh’s world - Bibliography - Index of Ancient Sources / Index of Authors |
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| Code-barres | Cote | Support | Localisation | Section | Disponibilité |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CKJon/A 217 | CKJon/A 217 | Livre | Bibliothèque principale | Livres empruntables | Prêt possible Disponible |
