Texts > Tanakh > Latter Prophets > Jonah

Commentaries

• A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, and Jonah (Clark, 1912) - by H.G.T. Mitchell, J.M. Powis Smith, and Julius A. Bewer

Jonah 1

• ‘Ich bin ein Knecht des Herrn’. Bemerkungen zur LXX-Übersetzung des Worte עברי in Jon 1,9 (PDF) - by Simone Paganini, Biblica 85 (2004) 109–114

Jonah 3

• How Big Was Nineveh? Literal versus Figurative Interpretation of City Size - by Charles Halton, Bulletin for Biblical Research 18.2 (2008) 193–207

Jonah 4

• Jonah 4:11 and the Metaprophetic Character of the Book of Jonah - by Ehud Ben Zvi, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 9.5 (2009)
• Rhetorical Reading Redundant: A Response to Ehud Ben Zvi - by Philippe Guillaume, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 9.6 (2009)
• The End of Jonah is the Beginning of Wisdom - by Ph. Guillaume, Biblica 87.2 (2006) 243–250
• The Function of היטב in Jonah 4 and Its Translations - by Yoo-ki Kim, Biblica 90 (2009) 389–393

Canonical Shape and Position

• A Prophetic Reflection on Divine Forgiveness: The Integration of the Book of Jonah into the Book of the Twelve - by Jakob Wöhrle, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 9.7 (2009)
• Jonah, Nahum, and the Book of the Twelve: A Response to Jakob Wöhrle - by Klaas Spronk, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 9.8 (2009)

History of Interpretation

• Eternal Delight and Deliciousness: The Book of Jonah After Ten Years - by Thomas M. Bolin, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 9.4 (2009)

Intertextual Connections

• Reading the Rainbow - by Rachel Muers, Journal of Scriptural Reasoning 3.1 (2003)

Miscellaneous Articles and Essays

• Conversation Analysis and the Book of Jonah: A Conversation - by Cynthia L. Miller, Kenneth M. Craig, Jr., and Raymond F. Person, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 1 (1997); abstract and full text
• Jonah, God's Objectionable Mercy, and the Way Of Wisdom - by R. W. L. Moberly, Journal of Scriptural Reasoning 3.1 (2003)
• Jonahic Hermeneutics: How "We" "name" G-d - by William Wesley Elkins, Journal of Scriptual Reasoning 3.1 (2003)
• Narrative and Paradox in Jonah - by David Lillegard, Kerux 8.3 (1993); full text
• Study Notes on Jonah - by Tim Bulkeley, University of Auckland
• The Honeymoon Is Over: Jonah’s Argument with God (Hendrickson, 2006), chapter 1 - by Theodore A. Perry
• The Intertextual Israelite Jonah Face à L’empire: The Post-Colonial Significance of The Book’s Cotexts and Purported Neo-Assyrian Context - by Daniel Timmer, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 9.9 (2009)
• The Problem of the Book of Jonah (Tyndale, 1948) - by G. Ch. Aalders
• The Sign of Jonah - by James T. Dennison, Jr., Kerux 8.3 (1993); full text

New Testament Appropriation

• Reading the Sign of Jonah: A Commentary on our Biblical Reasoning - by Chad Pecknold, Journal of Scriptural Reasoning 3.1 (2003)

Theology

• Récit et noms de Dieu dans le livre de Jonas - by Claude Lichtert, Biblica 84 (2003) 247–251

Book Reviews

• Ben Zvi, Ehud, The Signs of Jonah: Reading and Rereading in Ancient Yehud (JSOTSup; Sheffield, 2003)
  • Reviewed by Aaron Schart, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
  • Reviewed by Kenneth Craig, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
  • Reviewed by Michael H. Floyd, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
  • Reviewed by Christopher Heard, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
• Crouch, Walter B., Death and Closure in Biblical Narrative (Lang, 2000) - reviewed by Linda M. MacCammon, Review of Biblical Literature
• Gaines, Janet Howe, Forgiveness in a Wounded World: Jonah's Dilemma (SBL/Brill, 2003) - reviewed by Thomas Bolin, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
• Gerhards, Meik, Studien zum Jonabuch (Neukirchener, 2006) - reviewed by Friedemann W. Golka, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
• Green, Barbara. Jonah's Journeys (Interfaces; Liturgical Press, 2005) - reviewed by J. H. Le Roux, Review of Biblical Literature (2006)
• Handy, Lowell K., Jonah’s World: Social Science and the Reading of Prophetic Story (Equinox, 2008) - reviewed by Karl Moller, Review of Biblical Literature (2009)
• Kamp, Albert, Inner Worlds: A Cognitive Linguistic Approach to the Book of Jonah (Brill, 2004) - reviewed by Ehud Ben Zvi, Review of Biblical Literature (2006)
• Luxi, Guillelmus de; ed. A. T. Sulavik, Postilla super Baruch, Postilla super Ionam (Brepols, 2006) - reviewed by Mark W. Elliott, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)
• Perry, T. A., The Honeymoon is Over: Jonah’s Argument with God (Hendrickson, 2006) - reviewed by Michael H. Floyd, Review of Biblical Literature (2007)
• Sherwood, Yvonne, A Biblical Text and Its Afterlives: The Survival of Jonah in Western Culture (Cambridge, 2000)
  • Reviewed by George M. Landes, Review of Biblical Literature (2002)
  • Reviewed by Tod Linafelt, Review of Biblical Literature (2004)
  • Reviewed by Ralph W. Klein, Currents in Theology and Mission (June 2005)
• Simon, Uriel, The JPS Bible Commentary: Jonah
  • Reviewed by David Marcus, Review of Biblical Literature
  • Reviewed by Scott B. Noegel, Journal of Hebrew Scriptures
• Simundson, Daniel J., Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah (Abingdon, 2005)
  • Reviewed by Joseph Cathey, Review of Biblical Literature (2005)
  • Reviewed by Ralph W. Klein, Currents in Theology and Mission (June 2005)
• Tucker, W. Dennis, Jonah: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text (Baylor University Press, 2006) - reviewed by Karl Möller, Review of Biblical Literature (2008)