This is a re-release of episode 8, Jonah and Satire. Jonah is a well-known story for kids, but why do people stop talking about it after they’ve grown up? Jodie and Matthew attempt to strip away the Veggietales-ification of this fascinating story to get into the fascinating Biblical satire that is the Book of Jonah. And no, it’s not a whale. It’s a fish. Last week we released a review of the Veggietales version of Jonah, so this is a good companion episode to note the differences in some scholarship compared to the popular presentation of this story in Children’s media.
Works Referenced and Recommended Readings:
Rhetorical Criticism: Context, Method, and the Book of Jonah by Phyllis Trible
Strawn, Brent A. “Vocatio Interrupta: Jonah’s Call, Jonah’s, Silence, and Form Criticism.” In
Historical Settings, Intertextuality, and Biblical Theology: Essays in Honor of Marvin A.
Sweeney, edited by Hyun Chul Paul Kim, Tyler D. Mayfield, and Hye Kyung Park, 77-
94. Tubingen, Germany: Mohr Siebeck, 2022.
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