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This study explores how a person in ancient Judah, reading the book of Jonah prior to its inclusion in the Hebrew canon, might have construed this story's meaning. To date, biblical scholarship has attempted to ascertain the meaning of Jonah apart from its historical context by …

In Exodus 34:6–7, God claims to be “a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty.” This claim to coexist…

The Hebrew book of Jonah has gained the attention of Old Testament scholars throughout its interpretive history. Many recent studies have even applied the principles of Discourse Analysis to aid in the book's interpretation. Such studies include Longacre and Hwang's "A Textlingu…