Table of Contents
Preface
Translator's Preface
THE PROPHET OBADIAH
Introduction
1. The Position of the Book in the Canon
2. The Date of Obadiah
3. Obadiah's Function
4. The Development of the Book of Obadiah
5. Obadiah's Message
Commentary
The Crimes of Edom
Deliverance on Mount Zion
THE PROPHET JONAH
Introduction
1. The Book of Jonah in the Canon
2. The Date of Composition
3. Literary Growth
4. The Narrative Character
5. The Narrator's Guiding Concern
6. Literature
Commentary
The Strain of Disobedience
Excursus: Tarshish
The Missionary Fruits of a Flight from God
Excursus
Swallowed and Vomited Up
Excursus: Structure and Rhythm of the Psalm of Jonah
Even the Cattle Repent
Jonah Complains of God's Compassion
Abbreviations
Index of Hebrew Words
Index of Biblical References
Index of Names and Subjects
