“What has preceded in verses 1–37 is designed not to mitigate the harsh circumstances of verses 38–45 but to be a foil to them. In other words, neither commentator allows that the inconsistency with what has preceded may be precisely… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share Image
“The other approach, probably more widely appealing in contemporary Western culture, is so to fix on the painful circumstances of life that one gives… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“Any particular term—myth, legend, saga, folktale, and so forth—tends to be used in so many differing ways by different people that without careful definition… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“On the other hand, there is apocalyptic literature, which appears to be continuous with classical prophecy yet to be a particular outgrowth of it.… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“Similarly, those who have been weaned off the self-aggrandizing attractions of political power are those who can then best be entrusted with it.” — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“If the reader’s imagination is concerned with what happened next to Jonah rather than with the nature of the divine compassion, then the reader… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“Finally, the book of Jonah shows how theological understanding is exemplified in a person’s attitudes and actions: what Jonah does flows from his understanding… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“In this chapter I want to consider a concept, or rather two closely related concepts, where greater-than-usual puzzlement has often been the response of… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“Nonetheless, Augustine and Pusey are surely clear examples of fighting one’s battle on the wrong ground. They assume that if unbelievers mock and question… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“they play no further role in the story; indeed, any further provision of quails would diminish the importance and significance attached to the bread.11… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“If the paradox is to be pondered, as part of growing in understanding the nature of the life of faith, then there are surely… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“How should this psalm be understood? My thesis is that the parts make sense in relation to the whole: so unless the whole is… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“The depiction of terrible overthrow may well be, at least in part, a figure for Assyrian and/or Babylonian depredations on Israel and/or Judah, understood… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“Prophetic speech is predictive, but it is predictive in relation to the near future, to the circumstances that impinge on the lives of the… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“What has preceded in verses 1–37 is designed not to mitigate the harsh circumstances of verses 38–45 but to be a foil to them.… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
“The problem is not the conflict of opposites in itself, but rather a probing of surprising and difficult dimensions of what is entailed by… — R.W.L. Moberly Copy Share
