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Global Bible Commentary On Jonah

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Jonah is one of the shortest books of the Old Testament and a book that I am quite unfamiliar with. For this reason, I chose to write this report on Jonah and compare the class textbook with global perspective commentary. I chose to look into Global Bible Commentary by Daniel Patte. When reading this, I noticed that it contrasted the Hill/Walton text in a key area but shared some commonality in most areas. I will discuss these difference and commonalities along with a short summary of what I gained and what I thought were some weaknesses of the readings. To begin, the historical interpretation of both books are nearly identical. Both Hill/Walton and Patte set Jonah in the first half of the eighth century BC. Jonah came at a time of great …show more content…

Both books discuss the purpose of Jonah to be one of showing God’s compassionate love toward whomever he pleases, but they differ in the message that this purpose brings. Hill/Walton focuses on the message being that God can be compassionate with whomever he will. It compares Jonah to Nineveh as God showed compassion to both of them. The book reveals Jonah, Nineveh, and Israel as objects of God’s action. God has the right to show compassion to those have have already been issued prophetic warning. It is showing that we have no right to challenge who God shows compassion to. Patte’s interpretation differs by labeling the message as an instruction that God has compassion on the heathen. It is written as a form of didactic story in which the storyteller asks people who are not pleased with God’s compassion and concern for those of other religions, “It is right for you to be angry” (New International Version, Jonah 4.4). This was displeasing to Jonah as it says in chapter four, verse one as he could not understand why God would spare Nineveh. Jonah knew of and experienced God’s mercy but was unaware of how much God loved those of other religions. The book of Jonah shows non-Jews as incredibly devout as shown in Jonah 1:5 saying, “All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship” (New International Version, Jonah 1.5). It is rare to see non-Jews compared equally to Jews in the devotion they show. Overall, Jonah teaches that God has an overabundance of love for everyone, even those of different religions and we as Christians should as

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