This Week: Jonah, Chapter 3 | HDYRI Newsletter #46

Week of 8/16/24

Last week in Episode 48 - Joseph in Egypt, we returned to Joseph and found that he has been given charge over Potiphar’s household, and drew out the details of this arrangement to understand how Joseph’s time in Egypt acts as a meditation on the Exodus. God’s favor towards and remembrance of Joseph never falters and, as we’ll see in the upcoming lectures, becomes a blessing for all of Egypt and Israel, as well as for Joseph and his brothers.

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This week in Episode 49 - Jonah, Chapter 3, the reluctant prophet finally arrives in Nineveh and meets with great success: the Ninevites hear of their impending destruction and respond as would repentant Israelites. We pick up on a parallel between the Ninevite king and King Davis, and we discuss three different types of prophecy encountered in the Hebrew bible.

Episode 49 teaser:

Until next time!

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If you are interested in digging deeper on your own, here are a few resources:

• Ancient Christian reading practices:

Biblical Exegesis and the Formation of Christian Culture

The Mystery of Christ

• Medieval exegesis:

Medieval Exegesis: The Four Senses of Scripture, Vol. 1

Medieval Exegesis : The Four Senses of Scripture, Vol. 2

• Second Temple Judaism:

Two Gods in Heaven: Jewish Concepts of God in Antiquity

• Torah with Rabbinic Commentary:

Bereishis Genesis, Part I and II, ArtScroll Tanach Series, Translation with Commentary

• Mythological:

Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic: Essays in the History of the Religion of Israel

Old Testament Parallels (Fully Revised and Expanded Third Edition): Laws and Stories from the Ancient Near East

• Literary approach:

The Art of Biblical Narrative

• René Girard

The Girard Reader

I See Satan Fall Like Lightning