The Prophet of Second Chances: Jonah, Israel and Assyria and their Missed Opportunities for Redemption

IF 0.3 3区哲学 0 RELIGION

Biblical Interpretation-A Journal of Contemporary Approaches Pub Date : 2020-10-12 DOI:10.1163/15685152-00284p25

B. Scolnic

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Abstract

The author of the Book of Jonah carefully selected the prophet Jonah ben Amittai, mentioned briefly in 2 Kings 14:23–29, to be the anti-hero of his tale. We may integrate knowledge from the historical context of this prophet’s lifetime in the eighth century bce to see structural parallels between the sinful actions, Yhwh’s merciful responses to the actions, and the continued sinful actions, of Jonah, Israel and Assyria. Jonah becomes the prophet of second chances: for Israel, for himself, for the Assyrians, and then for the Judean audience, either in the Babylonian exile or thereafter, in a work written in agreement with the theological paradigm of the Deuteronomistic histories that attempt to demonstrate Yhwh’s mercy.

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第二次机会的先知:约拿，以色列和亚述和他们错过的救赎机会

《约拿书》的作者精心挑选了先知约拿·本·阿米泰，在《列王记下》14:23-29中简要提到，作为他故事中的反英雄。我们可以将这位先知在公元前八世纪一生的历史背景中的知识整合起来，看看约拿、以色列和亚述的罪恶行为、伊对这些行为的仁慈回应以及持续的罪恶行为之间的结构性相似之处。约拿成为了第二次机会的先知：为以色列，为他自己，为亚述人，然后为犹太听众，无论是在巴比伦流亡期间还是之后，在一部与申命记历史的神学范式一致的作品中，试图展示伊的仁慈。

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