Jonah with Rev. Dr. Vanessa Lovelace
Rev. Dr. Vanessa Lovelace (Lancaster Theological Seminary) guides us through the Book of Jonah. We discuss:
What we can know about Jonah’s historical context
Major themes in Jonah including repentance and forgiveness
God relenting from judging Nineveh in Jonah compared to God judging Nineveh in Nahum
Jonah as the anti-prophet
If Jonah is meant to be taken as a universal or particular message
The fish/whale that swallows Jonah
Different ways to understand Jonah disobeying God’s call to preach to Nineveh
Jonah’s payer as insincere
The repentance in Nineveh that includes the animals
Understanding God turning from judging Nineveh, and Jonah’s response to God’s mercy
Works by Vanessa Lovelace
Womanist Interpretations of the Bible: Expanding the Discourse. Ed. with G. Byron. SBL Press, 2016.
“Jonah.” In Oxford Handbook of the Minor Prophets. Ed. J. O’Brien. Oxford University Press, 2021: 449–460.
Outsider-Within: A Womanist Reading of Hebrew Bible Narratives as the Politics of Belonging, forthcoming 2024.
Vanessa Lovelace recommends
Womanist Interpretations of the Bible: Expanding the Discourse. Ed. G. Byron and Vanessa Lovelace. SBL Press, 2016.
Wilda Gafney, Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne. Westminster John Knox, 2017.
Nyasha Junior, An Introduction to Womanist Biblical Interpretation. Westminster John Knox, 2015.
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