Obadiah and Jonah (Continental Commentary | CC)

by Hans Walter Wolff

Publisher:

Fortress Press

, 1986

Overview

This volume contains Professor Wolff's clear and thorough orientation to the collection of oracles in the book of Obadiah and to the narrative art of the book of Jonah. Differently, both prophets provide an answer to what the interaction is between the whole of humanity God has created—and His people in particular.

Contents

Top Highlights

“Too many features clearly point to a postexilic date.” (Page 76)

“For Jonah’s message, like Obadiah’s, is a message to a foreign people” (Page 76)

“What is being preached here is not hate of Edom; it is the punitive justice of God” (Page 22)

“The satirist mercilessly pillories the preposterous nature of Jonah’s behavior. ‘Satire annihilates—irony educates’” (Page 84)

“It is very much more probable that the book of Jonah is picking up Joel than that Joel is an echo of Jonah” (Page 77)

Product Details

• Title: Continental Commentary Series: Obadiah and Jonah
• Author: Hans Walter Wolff
• Translator: Margaret Kohl
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Publication Date: 1991
• Pages: 192

About Hans Walter Wolff

Hans Walter Wolff is emeritus professor of Old Testament at the University of Heidelberg. His books include the commentaries on Obadiah and Jonah, Micah, and Haggai in the Continental Commentary Series and the commentary on Joel and Amos from the Hermeneia series.