Tag: Prophets

• Jonah – A Good-Fun Read (v)

  Here are some final thoughts on the story of this unwilling, seemingly unrepentant, successful failure of a prophet.  Putting this book into the “Prophets” section of the Bible, alongside the weightily serious Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, might seem itself to be a bit of a joke. Next but one from Jonah comes Nahum. Whereas in…

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  4th Oct 2022

  Christianity, Hebrew Bible, Literature, Mythology, Old Testament, Poetry, Religion

  Bible, Cattle, Dawkins, God, Hebrew Bible, Jonah, Laughter, Library, Old Testament, Prophets

• Jonah – A Good-Fun Read

  The little book called “Jonah” shows us that the Old Testament, or Hebrew Bible, really can be a ‘good read’, especially if understood in a common sense, down-to-earth way. It wasn’t written by God, and shouldn’t be approached with literal woodenness, and kill-joy solemnity. But even it were, Psalm 2:4 tells us that, “In heaven…

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  21st Sep 2022

  Christianity, Hebrew Bible, Literature, Mythology, Old Testament, Poetry, Religion

  Hebrew Bible, Hero, Humour, Imagination, Israel, Jonah, Old Testament, Poseidon, Prophets, Stories