Jonah - A Quest to Identify its Genre

Considering the brevity of Jonah, or perhaps because of it, it is remarkable that the literary genre of the book remains an enigma. This is not the result of a lack of attempts to classify it. Most scholars agree that Jonah is a narrative, but what type of narrative? This article proposes that Jonah...

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Subtitles:Festschrift for Gert Prinsloo
Main Author: Potgieter, J. H. (Author)
Contributors: Prinsloo, Gert T. M. (Honoree)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Unisa Press 2022
In: Journal for semitics
Year: 2022, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-12
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Jonah / Literary genre / Story / Bible. Könige 1. 19,1-18
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
HB Old Testament
Further subjects:B thanksgiving song
B motif(s)
B Comparison
B Prinsloo, Gert T. M.
B Festschrift
B Genre
B literary form
B mercy formula
B Type-scene
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