A Journey with Jonah

The Book of Jonah, although a work of only two pages long, has made an extraordinary impact on the history of Jewish, Christian and Islamic spirituality. Jonah himself is a prophet of only one short sentence. But his story has attracted the attention of exegetes and theologians in every generation. It is a story that has appealed as much to the minds of small children as to adults. And, over the centuries it has marvellously quickened the imagination of innumerable artists, poets, playwrights and sculptors, most notably in the case of Herman Melville's Moby Dick. In A Journey with Jonah: The Spirituality of Bewilderment, the Book of Jonah emerges as perhaps the most profoundly Christian of all the books in the Hebrew Bible, and the book that speaks with the most telling resonance for our own age. The message of the Book of Jonah is a serious and compelling one. But what surprises us again and again, is its humour, a humour which forms part of the book's core revelation. Jonah's author makes it possible for us 'to perceive God's loving laughter over narrow-minded piety'.

ISBN 1856073637   Pages 72 ISBN13 9781856073639 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Columba Press   Weight (grammes) 77 Imprint Columba Press   Published in Dublin Format Paperback   Height (mm) 175 Publication date 01 Jan 2002   Width (mm) 135 Library of Congress BS1605.52.   Spine width (mm) 6 DEWEY 224.9206   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC21

		Introduction		9
Pt. 1		Obedience to the Word: The Lesson of the Wild Storm		15
Pt. 2		In the Belly of Paradox: The Lesson of the Great Whale		29
Pt. 3		Compassion without Limit: The Lesson of the Wondrous Plant		47
		The Book of Jonah		63

"Paul Murray is gifted in the way he engages the reader in his original approach... Full of humour, realism and original insights, it shakes us out of our rigid ways and apathy, and helps us recognise God in places where we least expect to see him. It really is a treasure."

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