jonah and daniel
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Jonah and Daniel
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Jonah
• Jonah = Dove• Not so much
prophecy as narrative• Only prophet sent by
God to a heathen nation
• Characterized by disobedience
• Only prophetic oracle in the book remains unfulfilled
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Historicity
• In all likelihood, the book is legendary (i.e. Robin Hood or William Tell)
• Based upon Gath-hepher who counseled Jeroboam II in a successful conflict against the Syrians
• Important moral themes
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The Story
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Some Geography
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Biblical Humor• Exaggerated Behavior
(Running away from God)• Inappropriate Action
(Sleeping Through a storm)• Outlandish Situations
(Prayer of Thanksgiving from within the fish)
• Ludicrous Commands (Animals must wear sackcloth)
• Emotions Contrary to Expectation (Anger at mercy)
• Emotions Out of proportion to the Situation (Anger that the plant died)
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Major Themes
• God plans salvation• God desires
salvation for all
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Daniel
• Daniel = God Judges• A legendary or
psuedopigraphal book• Parts in the
Deuterocanon• Apocalyptic Literature• Likely collected over a
period of time with the apocalyptic pieces occuring on the eve of the Maccabean revolt (ca. 167)
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Folklore
• Humor• Wise Courtiers• Endangered heroes• Foolish Kings• Rags to Riches
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Context for Apocalypticism• 334 – 332 – Alexander the Great
invades Palestine – He does not force his culture or religion on the people, but his successors do.
• Greek culture begins to mix with Hebrew culture = Hellenism
• The Greeks believe the Jews to be barbarians w/o religion because they are monotheistic. This leads to idolatry
• Antiochus (Epiphaneus, The Evil One) enforces Hellenism
• Maccabees revolt• Romans arrive – they permit a pseudo-
Jewish dynasty to rule – Herodians• Idolatry becomes rampant• The lower classes attempt to resist,
thus bring more oppression upon themselves
• The promises of the prophets appear to be unfulfilled, to they are projected into the future in a new literary genre
• Apocalypticism flourishes in times of persecution and turmoil
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Prophecy v. Apocalypticism
Prophecy• Deals with coming
messiah• Messiah is deliverer of
Israel• Prophet concerned
about righteousness• Visions imply the
meaning of the message – dry bones symbolize life and death
Apocalypticism• Deals with Messiah• Messiah will deliver all
the oppressed• Concerned for the
overthrow of the oppressor
• Visions are arbitrary, and often only understood by those within the circle to whom the message was delivered
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Common Symbols in Apocalypticism
• Eyes = knowledge• Horns = Power• White = Victory• Red = Bloodshed• Black = Disaster• Pale Green = Death• Purple = Royalty• Seven = Fullness• Twelve = Fullness or perfection• Four = Universality• Three = A few, several, a portion• Six = Failure, evil• 3.5 = a limited number• Thousand = A number beyond
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The Interpreter of Signs (Chap. 5)
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Susanna (Chap. 13)
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Bel and the Dragon (Chap. 14)