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Jonah's Transformation and Transformation of Jonah from the Bakhtinian Perspective of Authoring and Re-authoring

Vanderbilt University, Graduate Department of Religion, 411 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37240, USA

This article explores the transformation of both the character of Jonah and the text of Jonah, especially in ch. 2, from the Bakhtinian perspective of (re-)authoring. Bakhtin's concept of authoring shows that the disobedient Jonah is transformed into an obedient prophet in ch. 2 in his understanding of God and himself. Simultaneously, Bakhtin's notion of re-authoring reveals that the book of Jonah has been transformed in the history of Bible translation as seen in the Masoretic Text, Septuagint, and Vulgate.

Key Words: Jonah • transformation • Bakhtin • authoring • re-authoring • Masoretic Text • Septuagint • Vulgate.

Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, Vol. 33, No. 2, 245-256 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0309089208099258


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