Jonah is a remarkable prophet. He is more than a forecaster of God’s revelations, more than a preacher of persistent patience, or impending wrath. To readers, Christian, Jewish, and even Muslim, his ...

The oppressive tributes and the fearful conquest drawing near gives Jonah good reasons to desire Nineveh’s fall. And God himself is angry at Nineveh: “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city,” God tells ...

But the LORD sent a great fish to swallow Jonah, and he remained in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. ―Jonah 2:1 Jonah’s fascinating story took place during an unidentified time frame ...

(RNS) — Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, took place last Thursday, giving us Jews our annual opportunity to think about the prophet Jonah, whose book the rabbis assign us to read as the 25-hour fast ...

SAN ANGELO — Being a prophet in the Old Testament was hard. Nobody listened to Jeremiah. Hosea had to marry a prostitute. Ezekiel had to chop his hair off, lay in bed for just over a year and two ...

At different times in his public preaching, Jesus was challenged by his opponents to give them a sign, a proof that he was sent by God. The common understanding was that he should work a miracle, ...

Christian scholars look for ways to connect with Muslims over the shared story of Jonah. Twenty miles south of Beirut is a sandy beach called Jiyeh. It’s a rare interlude in Lebanon’s rocky coastline, ...

The story of Ulysses and the sirens has been used to portray the theme of the field of constitutional political economy. Indeed, Ulysses adorns the cover of the field’s journal. I compare Ulysses and ...

Mosul, Iraq -- The abuses of authoritarian regimes across the Middle East extend far beyond the displacement and persecution of indigenous communities such as the Assyrian people. These regimes have ...

(RNS) — Let us pray for the success of President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan for Gaza, which has now been agreed to by Israel and Hamas. But let us also take a note of caution from the Book of Jonah ...