Biblical Bibliographies
Charles Conroy [www.cjconroy.net]



Jonah: General Studies
(A)  From 1800 to 1999



[see also:  Jon: general studies (2000ff.);  Jon: psychological studies;  Jon: text-transmissionTwelve Prophets: general studies]



The bibliography is divided into four sections as follows:

I.    General and introductory presentations   [see also Old Testament Introductions]

Ackerman, J. S., "Jonah", in R. Alter – F. Kermode (eds.), The Literary Guide to the Bible (Cambridge, MT: Harvard University Press, 1987) 234-243.

Budde, K., "Jonah, Book of", Jewish Encyclopedia 7 (1904) 227-230.

Cheyne, T. K., "Jonah (Book)", EncBib II (1901) 2565-2571.

Cohn, G. H., "Jonah, Book of", EncJud 10 (1971) 169-173.

Condamin, A., "Jonas", in A. d'Alès (ed.), Dictionnaire apologétique de la foi catholique: contenant les preuves de la vérité de la religion et les réponses aux objections tirées des sciences humaines. 4e éd., entièrement refondue. Vol. 2 (Paris: Beauchesne, 1911) 1546-1559.

Dennefeld, L., "Le livre de Jonas", DTC 8 (1925) 1497-1504.

Feuillet, A., "Jonas", DBSup 4 (1949) 1104-1131. [first published in Fasc. 22, 1948]

Gunkel, H., "Jonabuch", RGG2 III (1929) 366-369.

Landes, G. M., "Jonah, Book of", IDBSup (1976) 488-491.

Magonet, J., "Jonah, Book of", ABD III (1992) 936-942.

Magonet, J., "Jonah, Book of", in J. H. Hayes (gen. ed.), Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation (Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1999) I. 620-622.

Mora, V., Jonas (Cahiers Evangile, 36; Paris: Cerf, 1981). Spanish version: Jonas (Cuadernos bíblicos, 36; Estella [Navarra]: Verbo Divino, 1987).

Neil, W., "Jonah, Book of", IDB 2 (1962) 964-967.

Salters, R. B., Jonah & Lamentations (Old Testament Guides; Sheffield: JSOT Press for the Society for Old Testament Study, 1994).

Wolff, H. W., "Jonabuch", RGG3 III (1959) 853-855.

Zobel, H.-J., "Jona/Jonabuch", TRE 17 (1988) 229-234. [first published in Lief. 1-2, 1987]

II.    Bibliographical resources and history of (modern) research

Bolin, T. M., Freedom beyond Forgiveness: The Book of Jonah Re-Examined (JSOTSup 236 / Copenhagen International Seminar, 3; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997).

Craig, K. M., Jr., "Jonah in Recent Research", CR:BS 7 (1999) 97-118.

Friedrichsen, P., Kritische Übersicht der verschiedenen Ansichten von dem Buche Jonas, nebst einem neuen Versuche über dasselbe. 2., verbesserte, zum Teil völlig umgearbeitete, bereicherte Ausgabe (Leipzig: Vogel, 1841). [First ed.: Kritischer Überblick der merkwürdigsten Ansichten vom Buche Jonas, nebst einem neuen Versuche über dasselbe (Altona, Hamburg: Hammerich, 1817).]

III.    Monographs and multi-author volumes

Aalders, G. C., The Problem of the Book of Jonah (Tyndale Old Testament Lecture, 1948; London: Tyndale, 1948).

Almbladh, K., Studies in the Book of Jonah (Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Studia Semitica Upsaliensia; Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1986).

Alonso Diaz, J., Jonas, el profeta recalcitrante: el Libro de Jonas en la historia de las ideas religiosas (Biblioteca Taurus de Estudios Biblicos; Madrid: Taurus, 1963).

Bolin, T. M., Freedom beyond Forgiveness: The Book of Jonah Re-Examined (JSOTSup 236 / Copenhagen International Seminar, 3; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997).

Bowers, R. H., The Legend of Jonah (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1971).

Bull, G. T., The City and the Sign: An Interpretation of the Book of Jonah (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1970).

Cohn, G. H., Das Buch Jona im Lichte der biblischen Erzählkunst (SSN 12; Assen: Van Gorcum & Prakke, 1969).

Craig, K. M., A Poetics of Jonah: Art in the Service of Ideology (Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1993). Second edition [same title]: (Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1999).

Dodson, T. H., The Book of Jonah: A Study of Biblical Purpose and Method (London: SPCK, 1916).

Ebach, J., Kassandra und Jona. Gegen die Macht des Schicksals (Frankfurt am Main: Athenäum, 1987).

Ellul, J., The Judgment of Jonah (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1971). Reprinted [same title] (The Jacques Ellul Legacy Series; Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2011). Originally published as a long article: "Le livre de Jonas", Foi et Vie 50/2 (mars-avril 1952: Cahier biblique) 81-183. Reprinted [same title] in J. Ellul, Le défi et le nouveau: oeuvres théologiques, 1948-1991 (Paris: Table Ronde, 2007) 117-198.

Erbt, W., Elia, Elisa, Jona: Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des IX. u. VIII. Jahrhunderts (Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der Hebräer, 1; Leipzig: Eduard Pfeiffer, 1907).

Evans, D. T., The Book of Jonah (London: James Clarke, 1925).

Friedrichsen, P., Kritische Übersicht der verschiedenen Ansichten von dem Buche Jonas, nebst einem neuen Versuche über dasselbe. 2., verbesserte, zum Teil völlig umgearbeitete, bereicherte Ausgabe (Leipzig: Vogel, 1841). [First ed.: Kritischer Überblick der merkwürdigsten Ansichten vom Buche Jonas, nebst einem neuen Versuche über dasselbe (Altona, Hamburg: Hammerich, 1817).

Haller, E., Die Erzählung von dem Propheten Jona (Theologische Existenz heute, N.F. 65; München: Kaiser, 1958). 2. überarbeitete Auflage (Gladbeck, Westf.: Schriftenmissions-Verlag, 1965).

Kalisch, M. M., Bible Studies. Part II: The Book of Jonah, Preceded by a Treatise on the Hebrew and the Stranger (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1878). [the "Treatise" is on pp. 1-113; the study of Jonah on 114-334]

Langer, H. – H. Leistner – E. Moltmann-Wendel, Wir Frauen in Ninive. Gespräche mit Jona (Stuttgart: Kreuz Verlag, 1984).

Levi, A., Il mostro e la sapienza: Il Libro di Giona (Torino: Gribaudi, 1989).

Lux, R., Jona: Prophet zwischen 'Verweigerung' und 'Gehorsam': eine erzählanalytische Studie (FRLANT 162; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1994).

Magonet, J., Form and Meaning. Studies in Literary Techniques in the Book of Jonah (Beiträge zur biblischen Exegese und Theologie, 2; Bern – Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 1976). Revised second edition [same title], with a new Postscript (Bible and Literature Series, 8; Sheffield: Almond Press, 1983). [the Postscript is on pp. 173-184]

Maillot, A., Jonas, ou, Les farces de Dieu / Sophonie, ou, L'erreur de Dieu (Paris: Delachaux & Niestlé, 1977). [on Jonah pp. 7-82]

Maillot, A., Jonas ou le sourire de Dieu (Paris: Lethielleux, 1997).

Mandirola, R., Giona: Un Dio senza confini (Lettura pastorale della Bibbia. Bibbia e spiritualità, 6; Bologna: EDB, 1999).

Martin, H., The Prophet Jonah: His Character and Mission to Nineveh (London & New York: Alexander Strahan, 1866). Second edition (Edinburgh: Lyon & Gemmell, 1877).

Matthiae, P., Ninive (Centri e monumenti dell'antichità; Milano: Electa, 1998).

Mora, V., Le signe de Jonas (Lire la Bible, 63; Paris: Cerf, 1983).

Opgen-Rhein, H. J., Jonapsalm und Jonabuch. Sprachgestalt, Entstehungsgeschichte und Kontextbedeutung von Jona 2 (SBB 38; Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 1997).

Person, R. F., In Conversation with Jonah. Conversation Analysis, Literary Criticism, and the Book of Jonah (JSOTSup 220; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1996).

Rad, G. von, Der Prophet Jona (Nürnberg: Laetare-Verlag, 1950). Reprinted in G. von Rad, Gottes Wirken in Israel. Vorträge zum Alten Testament. Herausgegeben von O. H. Steck (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1974) 65-78. English version: "The Prophet Jonah", in G. von Rad, God at Work in Israel (Abingdon Original Paperback; Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1980) 58-70. Spanish version: La acción de Dios en Israel: Ensayos sobre el Antiguo Testamento (Madrid: Trotta, 1996).

Schmidt, H., Jona. Eine Untersuchung zur vergleichenden Religionsgeschichte (FRLANT 9; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1907).

Schmidt, L., «De Deo.» Studien zur Literarkritik und Theologie des Buches Jona, des Gesprächs zwischen Abraham und Jahwe in Gen 18,22ff., und von Hi 1 (BZAW 143; Berlin: De Gruyter, 1976). [The four Jonah chapters are: Kapitel I: "Das Buch Jona in der alttestamentlichen Forschung", 4-17; Kapitel II: "Die Grundschicht in Jon 3 und 4", 18-47; Kapitel III: "Die Bearbeitung der Lehrerzählung von Jon 3 und 4", 48-123; Kapitel IV: "Die Schichten des Buches Jona: Ergebnisse und theologische Probleme", 124-130]

Steffen, U., Das Mysterium von Tod und Auferstehung. Formen und Wandlungen des Jona-Motivs (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1963).

Steffen, U., Jona und der Fisch: Der Mythos von Tod und Wiedergeburt (Symbole; Stuttgart: Kreuz Verlag, 1982).

Trible, P., Studies in the Book of Jonah. Ph.D. Columbia Univ., New York (Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms, 1963). [can be "borrowed" in Internet Archive]

Trible, P., Rhetorical Criticism. Context, Method and the Book of Jonah (Guides to Biblical Scholarship. Old Testament; Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 1994).

Vanoni, G., Das Buch Jona. Literar- und formkritische Untersuchung (ATSAT 7; St. Ottilien: EOS, 1978).

Vawter, B., Job and Jonah: Questioning the Hidden God (New York & Ramsey, NJ: Paulist, 1983). [on Jonah see esp. 87-117]

Velluti Zati di San Clemente, D., Il sacro libro di Giona: studio storico esegetico morale (Siena: Stabilimento arti grafiche S. Bernardino, 1916).

Vischer, W., L'Evangelo secondo Giona / L'Ecclesiaste testimone di Cristo: il significato dell'Antico Testamento per la vita cristiana (Piccola collana moderna, 11; Torino: Claudiana, 1966).

Werner, H., Jona: der Mann aus dem Ghetto (Exempla Biblica, 2; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1966).

Witzenrath, H. H., Das Buch Jona: eine literaturwissenschaftliche Untersuchung (ATSAT 6; St. Ottilien: EOS, 1978).

Wolff, H. W., Studien zum Jonabuch (Biblische Studien, 47; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1965; 21975). Third edition: H. W. Wolff, Studien zum Jonabuch. Mit einem Anhang von Jörg Jeremias, "Das Jonabuch in der Forschung seit Hans Walter Wolff". 3., erweiterte Auflage (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener-Verlag, 2003) [Jeremias's contribution is on pp. 93-128, followed by select bibliography on Jonah since 1965]. Italian version (from the second German edition): Studi sul libro di Giona (Studi biblici, 59; Brescia: Paideia, 1982).

IV.    Articles and chapters

Abramowitz, Ch., "מפתיר יונה [Maftîr Yônâ]", Beit Mikra 28 (1982/83) 326-329. English version: "Maftir Jonah", Dor le Dor 14 (1985) 3-10.

Abramson, G., "The Book of Jonah as a Literary and Dramatic Work", Semitics 5 (1977) 36-47.

Alexander, T. D., "Jonah and Genre", TynBul 36 (1985) 35-59.

Alonso Díaz, J., "Difficultades que plantea la interpretación de la narración de Jonás como puramente didáctica y soluciones que se suelan dar", EstBib 18 (1959) 357-374.

Andrew, M. E., "Gattung and Intention of the Book of Jonah", Orita: Ibidan Journal of Religious Studies 1 (1967) 13-18, 78-85.

Band, A. J., "Swallowing Jonah: The Eclipse of Parody", Prooftexts 10 (1990) 177-195.

Baur, F. C., "Der Prophet Jonas, ein assyrisch-babylonisch Symbol", Zeitschrift für die historische Theologie 7 (1837) 88-114.

Ben-Yosef, I. A., "Jonah and the Fish as a Folk Motif", Semitics 7 (1980) 102-117.

Berlin, A., "A Rejoinder to John A. Miles, Jr., with some Observations on the Nature of Prophecy", JQR 66 (1975-1976) 227-235. [see Miles 1974-75 below]

Bickerman, E. J., "Les deux erreurs du prophète Jonas", RHPR 45 (1965) 232-264. Reprinted in E. J. Bickerman, Studies in Jewish and Christian History. Part One (Arbeiten zur Geschichte des Antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums, 9/1; Leiden: Brill, 1976) 33-71. New edition in English: "The Two Mistakes of the Prophet Jonah", in E. J. Bickerman, Studies in Jewish and Christian History. A new edition in English, including "The God of the Maccabees". Volume One. Edited by Amran Tropper (Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity / Arbeiten zur Geschichte des Antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums, 68/1; Leiden: Brill, 2007) 32-70.

Bickerman, E. J., Four Strange Books of the Bible: Jonah / Daniel / Koheleth / Esther (New York: Schocken, 1967), esp. 1-49 ["Jonah, or The Unfulfilled Prophecy"] Italian version: Quattro libri stravaganti della Bibbia: Giona – Daniele – Kohelet – Ester (Il Mondo antico: Studi di storia e di storiografia, 6; Bologna: Pàtron Editore, 1979), esp. 19-64.

Blank, S. H., "'Doest Thou Well to Be Angry?' A Study in Self-Pity", HUCA 26 (1955) 29-41.

Böhme, W., "Die Composition des Buches Jona", ZAW 7 (1887) 224-284.

Bolin, T. M., "'Should I Not Also Pity Nineveh?': Divine Freedom in the Book of Jonah", JSOT 67 (1995) 109-120.

Brenner, A., "לשונו של ספר יונה כמדד לקביעת זמן חיבורו" [The Language of Jonah as an Index of its Date], Beit Mikra 24 (1979) 396-405. [see s.v. Qimron below]

Brichto, H. C., Toward a Grammar of Biblical Poetics: Tales of the Prophets (New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992), esp. 67-87 ["'And Much Cattle': Yhwh's Last Words to a Reluctant Prophet"].

Budde, K., "Vermutungen zum 'Midrasch des Buches der Könige'", ZAW 12 (1892) 37-51 [on Jonah see esp. 40-43].

Burrows, M., "The Literary Category of the Book of Jonah", in H. T. Frank – W. L. Reed (eds.), Translating and Understanding the Old Testament. Essays in Honor of Herbert Gordon May (Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 1970) 80-107.

Carroll, R. P., "Is Humour Also among the Prophets?", in Y. T. Radday – A. Brenner (eds.), On Humour and the Comic in the Hebrew Bible (JSOTSup 92 / Bible and Literature Series, 23; Sheffield: Almond Press, 1990) 169-189 [on Jonah see esp. 180-181].

Carroll, R. P., "Jonah as a Book of Ritual Responses", in K.-D. Schunck – M. Augustin (eds.), "Lasset uns Brücken bauen…" Collected Communications to the XVth Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament, Cambridge 1995 (BEATAJ 43; Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 1998) 261-268.

Centre pour l'Analyse du Discours Religieux, Lyon, "Approche du livre de Jonas: Propositions et questions", Sémiotique et Bible 7 (sept. 1977) 30-40.

Cheyne, T. K., "Jonah: A Study in Jewish Folklore and Religion", The Theological Review 14 (1877) 211-219.

Childs, B. S., "Jonah: A Study in Old Testament Hermeneutics", SJT 11 (1958) 53-61.

Childs, B. S., "The Canonical Shape of the Book of Jonah", in G. A. Tuttle (ed.), Biblical and Near Eastern Studies. Essays in Honor of William Sanford LaSor (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1978) 122-128.

Christensen, D. L., "Andrzej Panufnik and the Structure of the Book of Jonah: Icons, Music and Literary Art", JETS 28 (1985) 133-140.

Christensen, D. L., "Narrative Poetics and the Interpretation of the Book of Jonah", in E. R. Follis (ed.), Directions in Biblical Hebrew Poetry (JSOTSup 40; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1987) 29-48.

Christensen, D. L., "Jonah and the Sabbath Rest in the Pentateuch", in G. Braulik – W. Groß – S. McEvenue (eds.), Biblische Theologie und gesellschaftlicher Wandel. Für Norbert Lohfink SJ (Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder, 1993) 48-60.

Clements, R. E., "The Purpose of the Book of Jonah", in J. A. Emerton (ed.), Congress Volume Edinburgh 1974 (VTSup 28; Leiden: Brill, 1975) 16-28.

Cohen, A. D., "The Tragedy of Jonah", Judaism 21 (1972) 164-175.

Coleson, J. E., "The Peasant Woman and the Fugitive Prophet: A Study in Biblical Narrative Settings", in J. E. Coleson – V. H. Matthews (eds.), Go to the Land I Will Show You. Studies in Honor of Dwight W. Young (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1996) 27-44. [on Ruth and Jonah; Jonah is discussed on pp. 36-44]

Collins, C. J., "From Literary Analysis to Theological Exposition: The Book of Jonah", Journal of Translation and Textlinguistics 7 (1995) 28-44.

Combet, C. (et al.) [Groupe de Villepinte], "Jonas, ou 'il y a toujours plus à l'Est que soi'", Sémiotique et Bible 49 (mars 1988) 1-14.

Cooper, A., "In Praise of Divine Caprice: The Significance of the Book of Jonah", in P. R. Davies – D. J. A. Clines (eds.), Among the Prophets. Language, Image and Structure in the Prophetic Writings (JSOTSup 144; Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1993) 144-163.

Cottini, V., "Giona: una vicenda emblematica", Parole di Vita 35 (1990) 104-110 [= fasc. 2, pp. 24-30].

Craig, K. M., "Jonah and the Reading Process", JSOT 47 (1990) 103-114.

Crouch, W. B., "To Question an End, To End a Question: Opening the Closure of the Book of Jonah", JSOT 62 (1994) 101-112.

Cummings, C., "Jonah and the Ninevites", The Bible Today 21 (1983) 369-375.

Dalley, S., "Nineveh after 612 BC", Altorientalische Forschungen 20 (1993) 134-147.

Daube, D., "Jonah: A Reminiscence", JJS 35 (1984) 36-43.

Day, J., "Problems in the Interpretation of the Book of Jonah", in A. S. van der Woude (ed.), In Quest of the Past. Studies on Israelite Religion, Literature and Prophetism. Papers read at the Joint British–Dutch Old Testament Conference, held at Elspeet 1988 (OTS 26; Leiden: Brill, 1990) 32-47.

Dell, K. J., "Reinventing the Wheel: The Shaping of the Book of Jonah", in J. Barton – D. J. Reimer (eds.), After the Exile: Essays in Honour of Rex Mason (Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1996) 85-101.

Deurloo, K. A., "Yhwh in den Büchern Ruth und Jona", in K. A. Deurloo – B. J. Diebner (eds.), Yhwh – Kyrios – Antitheism or the Power of the Word. Festschrift für Rochus Zuurmond anläßlich seiner Emeritierung am 26. Januar 1996 (DBAT 14; Heidelberg & Amsterdam: Selbstverlag der DBAT, 1996) 105-116.

Döller, J., "Versumstellungen im Buch Jona", Der Katholik 35 (1907) 313-317.

Dorsey, D. A., "Literary Architecture and Meaning in the Book of Jonah", in D. Merling (ed.), To Understand the Scriptures: Essays in Honor of William H. Shea (Berrien Springs, MI: Institute of Archaeology, 1997) 57-69.

Dyck, E., "Jonah among the Prophets: A Study in Canonical Context", JETS 33 (1990) 63-73.

Eagleton, T., "J. L. Austin and the Book of Jonah", New Blackfriars 69 (1988) 164-168. Reprinted in R. M. Schwartz (ed.), The Book and the Text: The Bible and Literary Theory (Oxford: Blackwell, 1990) 231-236.

Eisenblätter, W., "Mission im AT? Zum Verständnis des Jonabuches", Theologisches Gespräch. Freikirchliche Beiträge zur Theologie 3 (1979/1-2) 40-45.

Eißfeldt, O., "Amos und Jona in volkstümlicher Überlieferung", in E. Bammel – W. Bienert – G. Delling (eds.), ... Und fragten nach Jesus: Beiträge aus Theologie, Kirche und Geschichte. Festschrift für Ernst Barnikol zum 70. Geburtstag (Berlin: Evangelische Verlags-Anstalt, 1964) 9-13. Reprinted in O. Eißfeldt, Kleine Schriften, IV (Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr [Paul Siebeck], 1968) 137-142.

Elata-Alster, G. – R. Salmon, "The Deconstruction of Genre in the Book of Jonah: Towards a Theological Discourse", Literature and Theology 3 (1989) 40-60.

Ellul, J., "Le livre de Jonas", Foi et Vie 50/2 (mars-avril 1952: Cahier biblique) 81-183. Reprinted as chapter entitled "Le livre de Jonas", in J. Ellul, Le défi et le nouveau: oeuvres théologiques, 1948-1991 (Paris: Table Ronde, 2007) 117-198. English version: The Judgment of Jonah (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1971). Reprinted [same title] (The Jacques Ellul Legacy Series; Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2011).

Emmerson, G. I., "Another Look at the Book of Jonah", ExpTim 88 (1976) 86-88.

Ephros, A. Z., "The Book of Jonah as Allegory", JBQ 27 (1999) 41-51.

Eybers, I. H., "The Purpose of the Book of Jonah", Theologia Evangelica 4 (1971 [Pretoria]) 211-222.

Fáj, A., "The Stoic Features of the 'Book of Jonah'", AION 34 (1974) 309-345.

Fáj, A., "La soluzione della «falsa» profezia di Giona", BeO 18 (1976) 141-149.

Feuillet, A., "Les sources du livre de Jonas", RB 54 (1947) 161-186.

Feuillet, A., "Le sens du livre de Jonas", RB 54 (1947) 340-361.

Feuillet, A., "Le livre de Jonas", in A. Feuillet, Études d'exégèse et de théologie biblique: Ancien Testament (Paris: Gabalda, 1975) 395-433. [see also his "Bibliographie choisie sur le livre de Jonas (par ordre alphabétique)" on 509-511]

Fredman, N., "Jonah and Nineveh: The Tragedy of Jonah", Dor le Dor 12 (1983-84) 4-14.

Freedman, D. N., "Did God Play a Dirty Trick on Jonah at the End?", Bible Review 6/4 (1990) 26-31.

Fretheim, T. E., "Jonah and Theodicy", ZAW 90 (1978) 227-237. Reprinted in T. E. Fretheim, What Kind of God? Collected Essays of Terence E. Fretheim. Edited by M. J. Chan and B. A. Strawn (Siphrut 14; Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2015) 328-337.

Frolov, S., "Returning the Ticket: God and His Prophet in the Book of Jonah", JSOT 24/86 (1999) 85-105.

Gese, H., "Jona ben Amittai und das Jonabuch", TBei 16 (1985) 256-272. Reprinted in H. Gese, Alttestamentliche Studien (Tübingen: Mohr [Siebeck], 1991) 122-138.

Gevaryahu, Ch., "The Universalism of the Book of Jonah", Dor le Dor 10 (1981) 20-27.

Giroud, J.-C. (et un groupe du CADIR Aquitaine), "Le Livre de Jonas", Sémiotique et Bible 57 (mars 1990) 14-39.

Gitay, Y., "Jonah: The Prophecy of Antirhetoric", in A. B. Beck – A. H. Bartlett – P. R. Raabe – C. A. Franke (eds.), Fortunate the Eyes That See. Essays in Honor of David Noel Freedman in Celebration of His Seventieth Birthday (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1995) 197-206.

Glück, J. J., "A Linguistic Criterion of the Book of Jonah", in A. H. van Zyl (ed.), Die Ou-Testamentiese Werkgemeenskap in Suid-Afrika. Old Testament Studies: Papers Read at the Tenth Meeting Held at the University of South Africa July 1967 (Pretoria: Craft Pers; Potchefstroom: Pro Rege-Pers Beperk, 1967) 34-41.

Goitein, S. D. F., "Some Observations on Jonah", JPOS 17 (1937) 63-77.

Goldman, M. D., "Lexicographical Notes on Exegesis (4)", Australian Biblical Review 3 (1953) 45-51, esp. 49-50 ["Was the Book of Jonah Originally Written in Aramaic?"].

Golka, F. "Jonaexegese und Antijudaismus", Kirche und Israel 1 (1986) 51-61.

Good, E. M., Irony in the Old Testament (Philadelphia: Westminster; London: SPCK, 1965), esp. 39-55 ["Jonah: The Absurdity of God"]. Reprinted [same title]: Second edition (Bible and Literature, 3; Sheffield: Almond Press, 1981), esp. 39-55.

Goodhart, S., "Prophecy, Sacrifice and Repentance in the Book of Jonah", Semeia 33 (1985) 43-63. [a special issue on "René Girard and Biblical Studies"]

Goodhart, S., "'Out of the Fish's Belly'. Prophecy, Sacrifice and Repentance in the Book of Jonah", in S. Goodhart, Sacrificing Commentary: Reading the End of Literature (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996) 139-167, with notes on 307-308. [a revised version of his 1985 essay above].

Gräve, K., "Das Zeichen des Jona", Geist und Leben 43 (1970) 87-90.

Group from Rennes, France, "An Approach to the Book of Jonah: Suggestions and Questions", Semeia 15 (1979) 85-96.

Guilmin, S., "Jona", ETR 61 (1986) 189-193.

Gunn, D. M. – D. N. Fewell, "Jonah and God: The Book of Jonah", in D. M. Gunn – D. N. Fewell, Narrative in the Hebrew Bible (Oxford Bible Series; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993) 129-146.

Halévy, J., "Le livre de Jonas", Revue sémitique d'épigraphie et d'histoire ancienne 14 (1906) 1-49. Reprinted in J. Halévy, Recherches bibliques, IV: Les livres de Nahum, de Sophónie, de Jonas, de Habacuc, d'Obadia. Antinomies d'histoire religieuse. La date du récrit Yahwéiste de la création (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1907), esp. 190-238 ["Le livre de Jonas"].

Halpern, B. – R. E. Friedman, "Composition and Paronomasia in the Book of Jonah", HAR 4 (1980) 79-92.

Hamel, G., "Taking the Argo to Nineveh: Jonah and Jason in a Mediterranean Context", Judaism 44 (1995) 341-359.

Hauser, A. J., "Jonah: In Pursuit of the Dove", JBL 104 (1985) 21-37.

Heerden, W. van, "Naive Realism and the Historicity of the Book of Jonah", OTE 3 (1990) 71-91.

Heerden, W. van, "Humour and the Interpretation of the Book of Jonah", OTE 5 (1992) 389-401.

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