Monthly Archives: April 2013

April Carnival

Posted on April 30, 2013 by jacobcerone

It’s time for another carnival. Though it is a meager one, I hope that you will get your fill of fun and revelry. Hermeneutics Matt Emerson has an excellent series on the various methods of biblical exegesis. Emerson provides a … Continue reading →

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Septuagint Jonah 1:1-3 and 3:1-3 Compared

Posted on April 29, 2013 by jacobcerone

Here is another snippet from my paper on the information structure of Septuagint Jonah. This part belongs in my discussion of the book’s macrostructure. Enjoy! [As a side note: I apologize in advance for the formatting of the Greek text. … Continue reading →

Directionality in Jonah

Posted on April 27, 2013 by jacobcerone

The book of Jonah plays with the concept of directionality. God’s command to arise, “ἀνάστηθι,” is paired with Jonah’s initial complicity in 1:3a, “ἀνέστη,” “and he arose.” This is contrasted with Jonah’s downward movement. He goes down, “κατέβη,” into Joppa … Continue reading →

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Jonah and Nineveh or Nineveh and Sodom

Posted on April 24, 2013 by jacobcerone

Here is a footnote [and by footnote, I mean a full page that will probably get cut out but saved for a more relevant paper] from my forthcoming paper [and by forthcoming, I just mean my term paper] on the … Continue reading →

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The Travesty of Translation

Posted on April 14, 2013 by jacobcerone

Okay, the title of this post might be overstating my case a bit, but I find myself growing ever so weary of Septuagint Jonah’s translator. Overall he does a rather fine job. But some of the literary artistry is destroyed … Continue reading →