Jonah: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text

by W. Dennis Tucker Jr.

Overview

In the Baylor Handbook on the Hebrew Bible’s most widely used volume, Dennis Tucker provides a foundational analysis of the text of Jonah. This second edition of  Jonah is distinguished by the detailed and comprehensive attention paid to the Hebrew text. Tucker’s analysis is a convenient pedagogical and reference tool that explains the form and syntax of the biblical text, offers guidance for deciding between competing semantic analyses, engages important text-critical debates, and addresses questions relating to the Hebrew text that are not always addressed in standard commentaries. Beyond serving as a succinct and accessible analytic key, Jonah also reflects the most up-to-date advances in scholarship on Hebrew grammar and linguistics—specifically, this edition relies on the methodology of generative grammar utilized in other recent volumes in this series. This handbook proves itself an indispensable tool for anyone committed to a deep reading of the Hebrew biblical text.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481308465
Publisher:	Baylor University Press
Publication date:	07/15/2018
Series:	Baylor Handbook on the Hebrew Bible
Edition description:	revised and expanded edition
Pages:	132
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.10(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Dennis Tucker is Professor of Christian Scriptures for the George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University.

Table of Contents

Preface     xi
Abbreviations     iii
Introduction     1
Jonah 1:1-3     11
Jonah 1:4-6     18
Jonah 1:7-12     25
Jonah 1:13-16     39
Jonah 2:1-10     45
Jonah 2:11     61
Jonah 3:1-4     62
Jonah 3:5-9     70
Jonah 3:10     81
Jonah 4:1-4     83
Jonah 4:5-7     90
Jonah 4:8-11     96
Glossary     105
Bibliography     109
Author and Subject Index     115

What People are Saying About This

In the crowded genre of biblical commentaries, this series will surely find a niche among students and pastors who need more lexical, morphological, and syntactical help than most commentaries today offer. Tucker's volume reflects a remarkable amount of erudition and hard work, and the appearance of his volume bodes well for the series.

Bill T. Arnold

In the crowded genre of biblical commentaries, this series will surely find a niche among students and pastors, who need more lexical, morphological, and syntactical help than most commentaries today offer. Tucker's volume reflects a remarkable amount of erudition and hard work.

Editorial Reviews

A distinctive addition to the commentary literature, and one we can be grateful to have.

Expository Times - David J. Reimer

This book can undoubtedly help readers move beyond the micro-syntactic analysis offered by most introductory Hebrew grammars and enable them to come to a better understanding of clauses and their syntactic function—and thus to a better understanding of the biblical text itself.

Review of Biblical Literature - Karl Möller

This book can undoubtedly help readers move beyond the micro-syntactic analysis offered by most introductory Hebrew grammars and enable them to come to a better understanding of clauses and their syntactic function—and thus to a better understanding of the biblical text itself.

Review of Biblical Literature - Karl Möller