Resources for the Book of Jonah
(Check the Scripture
Index for links and study resources pertaining to specific pericopes)
- Introductions, Overviews & General Resources:
- Jonah at Luther Seminary's Bible Tutor. Study basics about Bible books, people, dates, places, and content, and take web-based self-tests. CD-ROM of Advanced Studies also available at their site.
- Book of Jonah, Wikipedia.
- Book of Jonah, The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1910.
- Jonas from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
- Introduction to the Book of Jonah, New American Bible.
- Introduction, Outline and Bibliography by David Malick at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- The World Wide Study Bible on the Book of Jonah.
- Jonah from Aaron Rittmaster's Hebrew Prophets Web.
- Bible Basics (Jonah) by NetMinistries. (Very basic - includes .wav files with pronunciation of Biblical words)
- Walking Through the Bible: Obadiah, Jonah, Micah.
- Biblenotes summary: Jonah.
- Commentary, Exegesis, Studies,etc.:
- Jonah, Geneva Study Bible, 1599.
- Jonah, Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1706.
- Jonah, Wesley's Notes, c 1760.
- Jonah, Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871.
- Jonah, Scofield Reference Notes, 1917.
- "Life and Literature of the Late Period," Gerald A. Larue in Old Testament Life and Literature, 1968.
- Study on Jonah by Hampton Keathley, IV at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- Book of the Twelve, Barry Bandstra, Reading the Old Testament.
- Jonah: Study Notes. Detailed commentary and discussion, Tim Bulkeley, University of Auckland.
- The Book of Jonah, verse by verse commentary, Robert Nguyen Cramer, BibleTexts.com.
- Jonah, Expository Notes, Dr. Thomas L. Constable, Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005 edition.
- Free Bible Commentary, Amos, Hosea, Jonah, Micah, Dr. Bob Utley, Professor of Hermeneutics, East Texas Baptist University.
- Articles and Background:
- Thoroughly Fishy, The Strucutre and Organisation of the Book of Jonah, Obadiah and Jonah, 5 Minute Bible Podcast, Tim Bulkeley, 2015.
- "Jonah: Deliverance and the Sovereignty of God," Donn K. Rojeski, Direction, 1982.
- "Conversation Analysis and the Book of Jonah: A Conversation," by Cynthia L. Miller, Kenneth M. Craig, Jr., and Raymond F. Person, Jr. Journal of Hebrew Scriptures Volume 1 (1997).
- "Living the Mystery: Images of Jonah Invite Us into a Deeper Experience of Easter," David L. Miller, The Lutheran, April 1999. Study Guide for this article.
- "Narrative and Paradox in Jonah," David Lillegard, in Kerux: The Online Journal of Biblical Theology (Reformed)
- "The Sign of Jonah," James T. Dennison Jr., in Kerux: The Online Journal of Biblical Theology (Reformed)
- Nineveh On-Line. Contemporary Nineveh and Assyria.
- Assyrian artifacts at Chicago's Oriental Institute. (Includes a QuickTime virtual reality museum tour.)
- "Jonah's Message of Forgiveness," Janet Howe Gaines, SBL Forum, 2005.
- "Jonah and Genre," Steven McKenzie, Bible and Interpretation, 2005.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Biddle, Mark E., "Obadiah - Jonah -
Micah in Canonical Context: The Nature of Prophetic Literature and
Hermeneutics," Interpretation, 2007. (See also Interpretation,
April, 2007 issue focus:
The Book of the Twelve.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Fretheim, Terence E., "The Exaggerated God of Jonah,"
Word & World, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Green, Barbara, "Beyond Messages: How Meaning Emerges
from Our Reading of Jonah," Word & World, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Handy, Lowell K., "Of Captains and Kings: A
Preliminary Socio-Historical Approach to Jonah," Biblical Research,
2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kaiser, Barbara Kaiser, "Five Scholars in the
Underbelly of the DAG GADOL: An Aqua-Fantasy," Word & World,
2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kim, Hyun Chul Paul, "Jonah Read Intertextually,"
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Limburg, James W., " Marc Chagall's Jonah Drawings:
The Bible as Picture Book," Word & World, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Ludwig, Frieder, "Jonah's Mission: Intercultural and
Interreligious Perspectives," Word & World, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Work, Telford, "Converting God's Friends: From Jonah
to Jesus," Word & World, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Biddle, Mark E., "Obadiah - Jonah -
Micah in Canonical Context: The Nature of Prophetic Literature and
Hermeneutics," Interpretation, 2007. (See also Interpretation,
April, 2007 issue focus:
The Book of the Twelve.)
- Reviews:
- Review: Yvonne Sherwood, A Biblical Text and its Afterlives: the Survival of Jonah in Western Culture. (Cambridge University Press, 2000) Reviews by George M. Landes and Tod Linafelt in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Review: Uriel Simon, Jonah. (The Jewish Publication Society, 1999/01) Review by David Marcus in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Review: Eugene F. Roop, Ruth, Jonah, Esther. (Herald, 2002) Review by Marjo Korpel in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Reviews: Ehud Ben Zvi, The Signs of Jonah: Reading and Rereading in Ancient Yehud. (Sheffield Academic Press, 2003) Reviews by Aaron Schart, Kenneth Craig, Michael H Floyd, and Christopher Heard in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Review: Janet Howe Gaines, Forgiveness in a Wounded World: Jonah's Dilemma. Brill, 2003. Review by Thomas Bolin, Review of Biblical Literature, 2005.
- Review: Rosemary Nixon, The Message of Jonah: Presence in the Storm. InterVarsity, 2003. Review by Jerry W Peele in The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2004.
- Review: Albert Kamp, David Orton, Translator, Inner Worlds: A Cognitive Linguistic Approach to the Book of Jonah. Brill, 2004. Review by Ehud Ben Zvi, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006.
- Review: Barbara Green, Jonah's Journeys. Liturgical Press, 2005. Review by J.h. LeRoux, Review of Biblical Literature, 2006.
- Review: Robert Chisholm, A Workbook for Intermediate Hebrew: Grammar, Exegesis and Commentary on Jonah and Ruth. Review by Stefan Fischer, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
- Review: T.A. Perry, The Honeymoon Is Over: Jonah's Argument with God. Hendrickson, 2006. Review by Michael H. Floyd, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
- Review: W. Dennis Tucker, Jonah: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text. Baylor University Press, 2006. Review by Karl Möller, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008.
- With Children:
- "A Fishy Tale," Steven Wilson, The Children's Chapel.
- Drama:
- "Hey Joe!" Robin & Delwyn McKenzie, dramatix.
- "Dr. Cold Bath," Derek Wenmoth, dramatix.
- "Jonah and the Psychiatrist," Kevin Penner, dramatix.
- "Dragnet: Fugitive," Glenn A. Hascall, dramatix.
- "The Ambiguity Zone," Christin Kuck, dramatix.
- "Jonah and the Whale," Ed and Zach Deforest, dramatix.
- "Trust in a Trunk," Ryne Mimbs, dramatix.
- "I Was Once Caught by a Fish THIS Big," J. Walker, www.dramamission.com
- Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Concordance:
- The Text This Week's links and resources to information about the Hebrew Prophets.
