Jonah: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text (Baylor Handbook on the Hebrew Bible)
Overview
Jonah: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text takes the study of the grammar of this narrative to the next level. This volume addresses important questions and issues relating to Hebrew syntax in Jonah and provides clarity to the student or pastor seeking to better understand how to interpret the biblical text.
Top Highlights
“The wayyiqtol (waw consecutive + imperfect) verb form serves as the ‘backbone’ verbal form for moving the Hebrew narrative along, and occurs 84 times in the 48 verses of Jonah, clearly indicating the prominence of narrative discourse in the book.” (Page 5)
“Coupled with סָעַר the two verbs form a hendiadys meant to suggest the growing strength and intensity of the storm (Sasson, 123).” (Page 37)
“And expository/descriptive discourse is meant to explain something or make a statement (2 Sam 12:7” (Page 3)
“A qatal within a dependent clause indicates events that are background to the mainline of the discourse.” (Page 14)
“The first would be to understand the use of the divine name idiomatically, or more specifically, adjectively. In this case, the divine name operates as a type of superlative, rendering the phrase ‘an exceedingly great city.’” (Page 67)
- Title: Jonah: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text
- Author: Dennis Tucker
- Series: Baylor Handbook on the Hebrew Bible
- Publisher: Baylor University Press
- Print Publication Date: 2006
- Logos Release Date: 2012
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. O.T. Jonah › Commentaries; Religion › Biblical studies--Prophets
- ISBNs: 9781602581135, 9781932792669, 1602581134, 193279266X
- Resource ID: LLS:HBKHBRTXT32JON
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T00:28:07Z