Jione Havea is a native Methodist pastor from Tonga, a Research Fellow at Trinity Theological College, Aotearoa New Zealand, and an honorary researcher with the Public and Contextual Theology centre of Charles Sturt University, Australia.

Innovative, provocative and multi-directional, this accessible book self-consciously breaks the mould for commentaries.

• List of FiguresPreface Acknowledgment1. Commentary FlowsForward flows2. Flow into the Sea (Jonah 1:1–2:10)3. Flow into Nineveh (Jonah 2:10–4:11)Backward flows4. Beasts That Mattered (Jonah 4:10–11)5. A Bush That Moved (Jonah 4.1-9)6. A City That Believed (Jonah 3:1–10)7. A Fish That Vomited (Jonah 1.17-2.10)8. A Boat That Thought (Jonah 1:4–16)9. A Flight that Continues (Jonah 1:1–3)A PostscriptReferencesScriptural Characters IndexScriptural Reference Index

Jione Havea is a native Methodist pastor from Tonga, a Research Fellow at Trinity Theological College, Aotearoa New Zealand, and an honorary researcher with the Public and Contextual Theology centre of Charles Sturt University, Australia.

Innovative, provocative and multi-directional, this accessible book self-consciously breaks the mould for commentaries.

• List of FiguresPreface Acknowledgment1. Commentary FlowsForward flows2. Flow into the Sea (Jonah 1:1–2:10)3. Flow into Nineveh (Jonah 2:10–4:11)Backward flows4. Beasts That Mattered (Jonah 4:10–11)5. A Bush That Moved (Jonah 4.1-9)6. A City That Believed (Jonah 3:1–10)7. A Fish That Vomited (Jonah 1.17-2.10)8. A Boat That Thought (Jonah 1:4–16)9. A Flight that Continues (Jonah 1:1–3)A PostscriptReferencesScriptural Characters IndexScriptural Reference Index

Jione Havea is a native Methodist pastor from Tonga, a Research Fellow at Trinity Theological College, Aotearoa New Zealand, and an honorary researcher with the Public and Contextual Theology centre of Charles Sturt University, Australia.

Innovative, provocative and multi-directional, this accessible book self-consciously breaks the mould for commentaries.

• List of FiguresPreface Acknowledgment1. Commentary FlowsForward flows2. Flow into the Sea (Jonah 1:1–2:10)3. Flow into Nineveh (Jonah 2:10–4:11)Backward flows4. Beasts That Mattered (Jonah 4:10–11)5. A Bush That Moved (Jonah 4.1-9)6. A City That Believed (Jonah 3:1–10)7. A Fish That Vomited (Jonah 1.17-2.10)8. A Boat That Thought (Jonah 1:4–16)9. A Flight that Continues (Jonah 1:1–3)A PostscriptReferencesScriptural Characters IndexScriptural Reference Index