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1 | Did Jonah die in the belly of the fish? | Jon 2:2 | azurelaw | 211920 | ||
Dear John, I see your point. I am still digging. However, Jonah chapter 2 is a poem / psalm which employs much from the book of Psalm. So, in consideration of the genre of the scripture, it would be helpful for us to understand better. Some citations from "How to read the Bible from all its worth" - by Fee and Stuart 1/ ...Hebrew poetry, by its very nature, was addressed, as it were, to the mind through the heart (i.e. much of the language is intentionally emotive). 2/ ...the Psalms are not just any kind of poems; they are musical poems. A musical poem cannot be read in the same way that an epistle or a narrative or a section of law can be read. It is intended to appeal to be emotions, to evoke feelings rather than propositional thinking, and to stimulate a response on the part of the individual that goes beyond a mere cognitive understanding of certain facts. 3/ ...the vocabulary of poetry is purposefuly metaphorical. Thus one must take care to look for the intent of the metapphor...It is likewise important that one noe press metaphors or take them literally. Digging...digging...:-) Shalom Azure |
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2 | Did Jonah die in the belly of the fish? | Jon 2:2 | stjohn | 211922 | ||
Dear Azure, Interesting thoughts, I've been studying those citations and something came to mind, that, though we shouldn't take metaphor literally, we can still be pretty well assured, (with some semblance of certainty) of their meaning. For instance using the end of the verse Matt 12:40b Jesus says: "so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth." Now we know (at liaet we are pretty sure) He was not literally three days and nights in the heart of the earth, (though some may take it that way) and we do know His body was in the tomb, so we can say with some certainty that it is not literal. But nonetheless we can also say with some confidence that He (Jesus) is referring to His being dead. So the verses in Jonah that are inferring his being dead, wouldn't necessarily be breaking any rules in rendering them that way; as they appear to be saying, he, (Jonah) is also, dead. And these rules that we can follow in this rendering are already shown to us, and in a sense, precedent has been set in Matt 12:40b I'm sure we can find many examples like this with just a little bit of poking around. Anyway just some thoughts. God bless John |
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3 | Did Jonah die in the belly of the fish? | Jon 2:2 | Val | 211924 | ||
John my friend, is this the verse that convinces you that Jonah was dead? Your sister in Christ - Val |
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