Description
The Book of Jonah is a unique text in the Jewish canon. Among the shortest books in the Bible, it is also one of the most mysterious and morally ambiguous. Who is this prophet running from God, hiding at the bottom of the ocean? Why does he struggle with God's mission to save and forgive Israel's enemies? In this volume, Rabbi Dr. Yanklowitz shows that the Book of Jonah delivers a message of human responsibility in a shared world. Illuminating such contemporary ethical issues as animal welfare, incarceration, climate change, weapons of mass destruction, and Jewish-Muslim relations, this social justice commentary urges us to join in repairing a broken world--a call that we, unlike Jonah, must hasten to answer.
Author: Shmuly Yanklowitz
Publisher: Central Conference of American Rabbis
Published: 05/01/2020
Pages: 186
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9780881233605
ISBN10: 0881233609
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation | Old Testament
- Religion | Judaism | Reform
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