Jonah and the Prophetic Character
This study argues that the story of the book of Jonah may be interpreted as a transformation of a familiar topos in which the protagonist undergoes a rite de passage during a quest that takes him towards a foreign land. While in a liminal "no man's land" the hero overcomes several cha...
Main Author: | Harkins, Robert Justin |
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Other Authors: | Jack M. Sasson |
Format: | Others |
Language: | en |
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VANDERBILT
2010
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Online Access: | http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-03292010-110411/ |
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