Nor is it a history book. Rather, it is a short story, a parable. Just as Jesus made up parables to teach, so too the author of Jonah created this story to teach an important lesson.

Nor is it a history book. Rather, it is a short story, a parable. Just as Jesus made up parables to teach, so too the author of Jonah created this story to teach an important lesson.

Nor is it a history book. Rather, it is a short story, a parable. Just as Jesus made up parables to teach, ... "The Prophet Jonah" (1550-1585) by Italian engraver Adamo Scultori (Artvee) ...

Jonah was the worst prophet. In the last chapter of the book that bears his name, Jonah discovers that because of his preaching, Nineveh repented and God decided not to destroy the city like Jonah ...

The Hebrews of Jesus’s time didn’t just appreciate the prophet — they honored him. So, when Jesus compared himself to Jonah, it was a sharp jab: “For as Jonah was three days and three ...

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Why Jonah is a prophet for our time (RNS) — When the unwilling prophet blames God for his woes, God answers by trolling Jonah. An illustration of the prophet Jonah and the giant fish.

Yonah is a strange prophet, and Sefer Yonah (the Book of Jonah) a strange book. The theme of repentance nominates it for being read on Yom Kippur, but it has less to say about repentance than it ...

Despite never having seen Jonah’s Tomb, she felt it was a constitutive part of her history and personal identity. She grew up hearing the Book of Jonah read in synagogue on Yom Kippur, the ...