Overview
Yitzhak Berger advances a distinctive and markedly original interpretation of the biblical book of Jonah that resolves many of the ambiguities in the text. Berger contends that the Jonah text pulls from many inner-biblical connections, especially ones relating to the Garden of Eden. These connections provide a foundation for Berger's reading of the story, which attributes multiple layers of meaning to this carefully crafted biblical book. Focusing on Jonah's futile quest and his profoundly troubled response to God's view of the sins of humanity, Berger shows how the book paints Jonah as a pacifist no less than as a moralist.
Full Product Details
Author: Yitzhak Berger
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.390kg
ISBN: 9780253021298
ISBN 10: 0253021294
Pages: 158
Publication Date: 04 July 2016
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Yitzhak Berger displays extraordinary textual learning as he picks up multiple verbal resonsances connecting Jonah to the Tanakh. He is methodologically disciplined in defending these parallels as genuinely allusive rather than coincidental and as exegetically significant. His use of secondary literature in several languages in exemplary. Benjamin D. Sommer, Jewish Theological Seminary
Yitzhak Berger displays extraordinary textual learning as he picks up multiple verbal resonances connecting Jonah to the Tanakh. He is methodologically disciplined in defending these parallels as genuinely allusive rather than coincidental and as exegetically significant. His use of secondary literature in several languages in exemplary. -Benjamin D. Sommer, Jewish Theological Seminary
Berger displays a virtuoso mastery and exemplary control of a spectrum of literary devices, including inner-biblical allusion, multiple resonances, and various types of wordplay... to propose a new interpretation of the Book of Jonah. -The Heythrop Journal Yitzhak Berger displays extraordinary textual learning as he picks up multiple verbal resonances connecting Jonah to the Tanakh. He is methodologically disciplined in defending these parallels as genuinely allusive rather than coincidental and as exegetically significant. His use of secondary literature in several languages is exemplary. -Benjamin D. Sommer, Jewish Theological Seminary
Yitzhak Berger displays extraordinary textual learning as he picks up multiple verbal resonsances connecting Jonah to the Tanakh. He is methodologically disciplined in defending these parallels as genuinely allusive rather than coincidental and as exegetically significant. His use of secondary literature in several languages in exemplary. -Benjamin D. Sommer, Jewish Theological Seminary
Author Information
Yitzhak Berger is Associate Professor and Head of the Hebrew Division at Hunter College of the City University of New York. He is author of Radak on Chronicles: A Translation with Introduction and Supercommentary.
