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“5Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kad-mi-el, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, ‘Stand up and bless the Lord your God from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be thy glorious name which is exalted above all blessing and praise.’ ”
The Book of Jonah is read in the synagogue on the afternoon of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, the sacred Day of Atonement. Why, of all books in the Bible, this book this most holy day?
The answer is clear. The major themes of the book are singularly appropriate to the occasion—sin and divine judgment, repentance and divine forgiveness.
During the Second World War,” the guide was saying, “all these windows were taken out and put in storage. We were afraid of bombs.”
I would like to express appreciation for the article by David Aune entitled “The Gospels—Biography or Theology?’ BR 06:01.
Apocalyptic is a genre of Jewish and Christian literature. The word is derived from the title of the last book of the New Testament, Apocalypse, or Revelation to John (usually called simply Revelation). Its primary meaning is “unveiling.”
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