A Gracious and Compassionate God: Mission, Salvation and Spirituality in the Book of Jonah

The book of Jonah is arguably just as jarring for us as it was for the ancients.

Ninevah's repentance, Jonah's estrangement from God and the book's bracing moral conclusion all pose unsettling questions for today's readers.

For biblical theologians, Jonah also raises tough questions regarding mission and religious conversion. Here, Daniel Timmer embarks on a new reading of Jonah in order to secure its ongoing relevance for biblical theology. After an examination of the book?s historical backg...