OBADIAH & JONAH (Continental Commentary by Hans Walter Wolff)($38)*

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Professor Wolff's clear and thorough orientation to the collection of oracles in the book of Obadiah and to the narrative art of the book of Jonah. Differently, both prophets provide an answer to what the interaction is between the whole of humanity God has created—and His people in particular.

About the Author: Hans Walter Wolff is emeritus professor of Old Testament at the University of Heidelberg and the author of many widely used studies.

About the Translator: Margaret Kohl, who lives near Munich, has translated works by Ernst Käsemann, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Jürgen Moltmann, Klaus Koch, Willi Marxsen, and others, in addition to two other books by Hans Walter Wolff.

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Preface
Translator's Preface

THE PROPHET OBADIAH

Introduction
1. The Position of the Book in the Canon
2. The Date of Obadiah
3. Obadiah's Function
4. The Development of the Book of Obadiah
5. Obadiah's Message
Commentary
The Crimes of Edom
Deliverance on Mount Zion

THE PROPHET JONAH

Introduction
1. The Book of Jonah in the Canon
2. The Date of Composition
3. Literary Growth
4. The Narrative Character
5. The Narrator's Guiding Concern
6. Literature
Commentary
The Strain of Disobedience
Excursus: Tarshish
The Missionary Fruits of a Flight from God
Excursus
Swallowed and Vomited Up
Excursus: Structure and Rhythm of the Psalm of Jonah
Even the Cattle Repent
Jonah Complains of God's Compassion
Abbreviations
Index of Hebrew Words
Index of Biblical References
Index of Names and Subjects

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