The Book of Jonah gives an account of the prophet Jonah and the well-known story in which God tells him to prophesy to the people of Nineveh to persuade them to repent or face destruction. Jonah attempts to run the other direction, is thrown from a ship in a storm, swallowed by a giant fish, and transported to Nineveh. He decides to take the hint and preaches to the city. The population is so moved by the warning that there is a general call to fasting and repentance which satisfies God enough to spare the city from destruction. Jonah is angered by God's mercy until God rebukes him about the need for him to show mercy.
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| - The Book of Jonah gives an account of the prophet Jonah and the well-known story in which God tells him to prophesy to the people of Nineveh to persuade them to repent or face destruction. Jonah attempts to run the other direction, is thrown from a ship in a storm, swallowed by a giant fish, and transported to Nineveh. He decides to take the hint and preaches to the city. The population is so moved by the warning that there is a general call to fasting and repentance which satisfies God enough to spare the city from destruction. Jonah is angered by God's mercy until God rebukes him about the need for him to show mercy.
- The Book of Jonah (Hebrew: Sefer Yonah) is a book in the Hebrew Bible, situated in the Nevi'im of the Tanakh and the Prophets of the Old Testament. The book relates a story concerning an obscure Hebrew prophet named Jonah ben Amittai who lived during the reign of Jeroboam II (786-746 BCE). The book itself was probably written in the post-exilic period (after 530 BCE) and based on oral traditions that had been passed down from the eighth century BCE. The book was originally written with eleven other books referred to as the Minor Prophets.
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| - "Oh Jonah!", a Gospel music summary of the Book of Jonah, sung by the Golden Jubilee Quartet.
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| - The Book of Jonah gives an account of the prophet Jonah and the well-known story in which God tells him to prophesy to the people of Nineveh to persuade them to repent or face destruction. Jonah attempts to run the other direction, is thrown from a ship in a storm, swallowed by a giant fish, and transported to Nineveh. He decides to take the hint and preaches to the city. The population is so moved by the warning that there is a general call to fasting and repentance which satisfies God enough to spare the city from destruction. Jonah is angered by God's mercy until God rebukes him about the need for him to show mercy.
- The Book of Jonah (Hebrew: Sefer Yonah) is a book in the Hebrew Bible, situated in the Nevi'im of the Tanakh and the Prophets of the Old Testament. The book relates a story concerning an obscure Hebrew prophet named Jonah ben Amittai who lived during the reign of Jeroboam II (786-746 BCE). The book itself was probably written in the post-exilic period (after 530 BCE) and based on oral traditions that had been passed down from the eighth century BCE. The book was originally written with eleven other books referred to as the Minor Prophets. The story has an interesting interpretive history (see below) and has become a well-known story through popular children’s stories. In Judaism it is the Haftarah for the afternoon of Yom Kippur due to its story of God's willingness to forgive those who repent.
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