One of the many peculiar stories of the Bible is the story of Jonah and the Whale. The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its ...

The principal character in this small prophecy is Jonah, son of Amittai. We read of him in 2 Kings 14:25, in which the additional information is given that he was from Gath-hepher, in the territory of ...

In the Jewish calendar, the holiest day of the year is Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement—Oct. 2 this year. It is a fast day. Observant Jews eat and drink nothing between twilight on the eve of Yom ...

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One of the first Bible stories children learn is the one about Jonah and the whale or the big fish. The Hebrew language then was not as specific as is English now and the original term basically ...

This is an easy question to answer. Yes, of course, Jonah was swallowed by a great big fish of some type. We naturally assume a whale, but there are other types of marine life that have a throat big ...

This is Flemish artist Jan Brueghel the Elder’s depiction of the giant fish coughing Jonah onshore to let him complete the mission God had given him. Brueghel lived from 1568-1625. (Courtesy Photo) ...

Jonah And The Whale is a great adventure story-but is much more than that. On its deepest level, it is a commentary on God;s willingness to punish sinners-and on His capacity for forgiveness. Now you ...

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The biblical story of Jonah has always seemed rather fantastical; after all, who could survive in the belly of a whale? Since when do whales swallow people? Well, since this week, apparently; a man ...