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Can I read Jonah's World: Social Science and the Reading of Prophetic Story (BibleWorld) on EtoBox?
Jonah's World: Social Science and the Reading of Prophetic Story (BibleWorld) by Handy, Lowell K. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Jonah's World: Social Science and the Reading of Prophetic Story (BibleWorld) about?
The story of Jonah, often read as a simple children's story, is a multifaceted and elaborate narrative with serious intent. Treating the biblical book as a fictitious story based on real locations and recognizable persons, 'Jonah's World' examines the background to the story and draws on social science approaches to describe its imaginative world. The book explores the geography, theology, myth, human characters, natural landscape, and the ideology behind the story to uncover a vision of reality shaped by literary technique. Jonah's World will be invaluable to students and scholars seeking a new approach to the reading of this colourful text.
Who reads Jonah's World: Social Science and the Reading of Prophetic Story (BibleWorld)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Handy, Lowell K.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781845537470
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Religion, Christian