Hosea - Jonah

Reviewed Book: Stuart, Douglas K. Hosea - Jonah. Waco, Tex: Word Books, 1987. Word biblical commentary; 31

The Sign of Jonah

We have available today the immediate revelation and leadership of the Holy Spirit. It is this leadership rather than conscience that we as Friends are obligated to follow. Conscience may be a poor standard as it operates in accord with our own subjective beliefs and may be wrong. Our problem is to try the spirits to be sure the spirit we are following is truly the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is of God and cannot be wrong. The Bible is our ultimate test because the leadership of the Holy Spirit must be in accord with God\u27s Written Word. The Bible, as originally inspired and written, is absolute in its veracity and authority.https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/quakerbooks/1071/thumbnail.jp

Faithless Israel, Faithful Gentiles: Ethnic Irony in Jonah and Matthew

This thesis will first examine the plot and rhetoric of Jonah with a special focus on how the prophet is disgraced by pagan characters. Attention with then be turned to the Gospel of Matthew. After determining the meaning and function of Matthew\u27s sign of Jonah in context, we will discuss the sign as a link between the two works and an invitation to look for parallels. Finally, several points of contact will be suggested with emphasis on the ethnic reversals common to both works--how the faithful Gentiles in Matthew recall those in Jonah, and how Israel in Matthew resembles the disobedient prophet. Before our expedition into the text, however, we must recognized the limits and merits of this kind of comparative study. In drawing connections and searching for parallels, we do not want to overestimate the influence of the Jonah on the plot of Matthew. Unlike Jonah, which by comparison is a simpler and more straightforward text, the first Gospel as a matter of genre is staggeringly complex. It contains a massive web of biblical echoes and typologies, some of which have a significant influence on the narrative (e.g. Jesus as the new Moses or the Son of David). Moreover, it weaves together many diverse Jesus traditions to address various theological, ecclesiastical, and ethical issues. To ignore these complexities in a quixotic search for Jonah parallels is to violate the text. This does not, however, mean that a comparison of the works is unwarranted. Typology has been recognized by scholars as an important feature of Matthew. What is more, Jonah typology is inarguably present in the Gospel. The sign of Jonah appears twice in Matthew and the Ninevites once. No other New Testament books invokes the Jonah story as clearly and frequently. Jonah and Matthew also share a penchant for irony and explore similar questions: What are the boundaries of God\u27s compassion? What happens when God\u27s chosen resist his purposes and his enemies embrace them? Thus, because of the request of Matthew to examine the Jesus tradition vis-a-vis Jonah, and because of the similarities of the two narratives upon carful investigation, the intersection of Matthew and Jonah promises to be exegetically fruitful. As long as we restrict our search to those parallels intended by the author or likely to be heard by a biblically-literate audience, our project is not only permitted buy invited. Several directions are open to our study, but we will restrict it to how Matthew\u27s Gentiles act as types of sailors and Ninevites and thereby shame disobedient Israel. Attention from scholars has been given to the main instance of Jonah typology in Matthew: Jesus\u27 function as a new Jonah. But the Gentiles\u27 similarity to the sailors and the Ninevites, and the subsequent antitype of Israel as the old Jonah, have not been sufficiently explored. It is our hope that a Jonah-shaped reading will yield a richer understanding of the Gospel

Jonah and his friends at The Jackson Laboratory

Jonah, on the cover, may be the oldest mouse that ever lived. He has helped scientists learn about what happens when people get older. Jonah has made a lot of frends at The Jackson Laboratory and would like you to meet them and color them. If you don\u27t want to color inside the lines, that is fine with Jonah. He knows many scientists and some of them made very important discoveries because they grew up coloring outside the lines. Jonah\u27s picture on the cover was colored by Ailish Fahey, age eight, the daughter of Jim Fahey who works at The Jackson Laboratory. Jane Weinberger, who publishes books for children, picked the cover and the 10 other finalists who colored the pictures on the back cover. Karen Davis, one of Jonah\u27s many friends, drew all the pictures, Bob Gottlieb wrote the words

The Ferguson v. JONAH Verdict and a Path Towards National Cessation of Gay-to-Straight Conversion Therapy

In the essay, Dubrowski analyzes Ferguson v. JONAH, a landmark 2015 decision in which a New Jersey court held --- for the first time --- that homosexuality is not a disease or mental disorder as a matter of law. Based on this pretrial ruling, a civil jury unanimously found JONAH (a conversion therapy clinic) its co-directors and its chief counselor liable for violation of New Jersey\u27s Consumer Fraud Act. Dubrowski begins by explaining the two-pronged fraud JONAH perpetrated—first, claiming that homosexuality is a disorder, and second, that it can be cured—and continues by arguing that this two-pronged fraud is necessarily perpetrated by all conversion therapists. He then undertakes a survey of the consumer fraud laws of all fifty states, demonstrating that the verdict against JONAH is replicable across the country, and concluding that those injured by the so-called therapy should seek to replicate Ferguson v. JONAH\u27s success

The Ferguson v. JONAH Verdict and a Path Towards National Cessation of Gay-to-Straight Conversion Therapy

In the essay, Dubrowski analyzes Ferguson v. JONAH, a landmark 2015 decision in which a New Jersey court held --- for the first time --- that homosexuality is not a disease or mental disorder as a matter of law. Based on this pretrial ruling, a civil jury unanimously found JONAH (a conversion therapy clinic) its co-directors and its chief counselor liable for violation of New Jersey\u27s Consumer Fraud Act. Dubrowski begins by explaining the two-pronged fraud JONAH perpetrated—first, claiming that homosexuality is a disorder, and second, that it can be cured—and continues by arguing that this two-pronged fraud is necessarily perpetrated by all conversion therapists. He then undertakes a survey of the consumer fraud laws of all fifty states, demonstrating that the verdict against JONAH is replicable across the country, and concluding that those injured by the so-called therapy should seek to replicate Ferguson v. JONAH\u27s success

Jonah

Charles Feinberg; Messianic Hour; Jonah 1-4; Jonah\u27s rebellion and sin; II Kings 25; Genesis 10:11; Genesis 4; Acts 1