A Gracious and Compassionate God: Mission, Salvation and Spirituality in the Book of Jonah Timmer Daniel C.Paperback
A Gracious and Compassionate God: Mission, Salvation and Spirituality in the Book of Jonah Timmer Daniel C.Paperback The book of Jonah is arguably just as jarring for us as it was for the ancients.…
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A Gracious and Compassionate God: Mission, Salvation and Spirituality in the Book of Jonah Timmer Daniel C.Paperback
The book of Jonah is arguably just as jarring for us as it was for the ancients. For biblical theologians, Jonah also raises tough questions regarding mission and religious conversion. Ninevah's repentance, Jonah's estrangement from God and the book's bracing moral conclusion all pose unsettling questions for today's readers.
After an examination of the book's historical backgrounds (in both Israel and Assyria), Timmer discusses the biblical text in detail, paying special attention to redemptive history and its Christocentric orientation. Here, Daniel Timmer embarks on a new reading of Jonah in order to secure its ongoing relevance for biblical theology. Timmer then explores the relationship between Israel and the nations--including the question of mission--and the nature of religious conversion and spirituality in the Old Testament.
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