Jonah's Journey

The fascinating book—so full of information and historical knowledge—asks questions of us as we read—always bringing the reader into the center of the story. Jonah’s journey and ours become interrelational in a wonderful spiritual way as we interface with all those who have written and interpreted the tale for usCatholic Library World
Green presents Jonah’s journeys as desires to flee, resist, blame, project, and act out. . . . Her use of psychology leads to a final chapter of ‘Provisional Conclusions’ that contains apt lessons for each one of us: to become good questioners and listeners, to increase our historical awareness, and, most of all, to choose that which is most important in our own lives.Cistercian Studies Quarterly
This is a fine addition to the innovative series.The Bible Today
Using the content of the Book of Jonah, she seeks to discover how we make meaning and how that meaning works. The brevity of the biblical book makes it a perfect text for such an examination.The Bible Today
At last we have a sophisticated study on biblical spirituality which engages the reader in the entire process of discovery with the Book of Jonah. In Barbara Green’s words, we interpreters are invited to make a ‘mutual investment in the relationship’ with the Jonah text, questioning ourselves at the same time that we pose questions to the text. Leading us on a marvelous journey through centuries of interpretive attempts, from East to West, Jewish and Christian, believers and scholars, she demonstrates how the search for meaning foes progressively deeper, yet also leads the seeker to self-knowledge and transformation. Those engaged in the study of biblical spirituality need to ponder this work.John Endres, SJ