Biblical Reading and Reflections: August 31st (Jonah 2 & Matthew 3)
Alastair's Adversaria
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The Exodus and the Song of the Sea in the Book of Jonah
The realm of shiol here is described in a way that has connotations not just of death, but also of birth. The infant child is knit together in the lowest parts of the earth. Ericson notes over a dozen points of contact between the language of this passage and the language of the song of the sea. We should also notice the way that this passage evokes the situation of genesis chapter one.
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