Overview

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1: Relearning the Story of Jonah

(18:21)

2: How to Read a Text Like the Hebrew Bible

(12:44)

3: (Q&R) Old Testament 101 According to Jesus

(10:05)

4: The Main Message of the Hebrew Scriptures

(9:17)

5: (Q&R) How to Read the Bible

(8:30)

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6: Introduction to the Ancient TaNaK Order

(21:44)

7: (Q&R) Reflection on Jonah and the TaNaK Order

(9:29)

8: The “Seams” of the TaNaK

(18:19)

9: (Q&R) The Biblical Pattern

(10:32)

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10: Hyperlinks in the Text

(17:52)

11: (Q&R) Nineveh

(7:05)

12: Biblical Patterns the Author Assumes You Know

(36:04)

13: God’s Character Summarized

(22:44)

14: (Q&R) God’s Character

(24:33)

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Prework

15: Noticing Repeated Words

(17:47)

16: How to Read an Ancient Text

(15:45)

17: Repeated Words and Implications for Literary Design

(27:09)

18: Hyperlinks in the Hebrew Bible

(21:59)

19: (Q&R) Seeing the Hyperlinks

(17:09)

20: Hyperlinks in Star Wars and in Jonah

(12:26)

21: (Q&R) Expectations Created by Hyperlinks

(6:55)

Introduction to the Jonah Project

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22: Why Does Jonah Flee to Tarshish?

(27:42)

23: (Q&R) Jonah’s Flight

(13:49)

24: The Symmetry of the Ship Scene

(9:05)

25: (Q&R) Jonah’s Motives

(10:00)

26: The Upside-Down Character of Jonah

(23:35)

27: Relationships Between Jonah and the Story of the Bible

(28:37)

28: (Q&R) Jonah 1

(8:00)

Jonah Project: Jonah 1

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29: The Meaning of the Great Fish

(24:58)

30: (Q&R) Swallowed by the Sea Monster

(17:15)

31: The Meaning of Three Days and Three Nights

(10:38)

32: (Q&R) Three Days and Three Nights

(8:02)

33: Metaphors for Death in Hebrew Poetry

(25:29)

34: Jonah’s Prayer: Oddities and Observations

(8:14)

35: (Q&R) What’s Going on With Jonah’s Prayer?

(31:46)

Jonah Project: Jonah 2

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36: Jonah’s One-Day Walk Into Nineveh

(24:31)

37: Jonah’s Five-Word Sermon to the Ninevites

(15:19)

38: Does God Change His Mind?

(21:51)

39: (Q&R) God’s Response to the Ninevites

(10:23)

Jonah Project: Jonah 3

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40: Jonah as Similar to the Disbelieving Israelites

(21:43)

41: (Q&R) Why is Jonah so Angry?

(11:20)

42: A Tale of Two Shelters

(22:15)

43: (Q&R) The Meaning of Terms in Jonah

(9:22)

44: God’s Pity vs. Jonah’s Pity

(26:00)

45: (Q&R) The Ending of Jonah

(34:28)

Jonah Project: Jonah 4

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Final Project