Jonah

The Prophet Jonah, as depicted by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel . Jonah ( Hebrew : יוֹנָה , Modern : Yona , Tiberian : Yônā , dove; , Yūnus or يونان , Yūnān ; ) is the name given in the Hebrew Bible ( Tanakh / Old Testament ) to a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BC, the eponymous central character in the Book of Jonah , famous for being swallowed by a fish. The Biblical story of Jonah is repeated in the Qur'an .

Jonah or Jonas ( Hebrew : יוֹנָה , Modern : Yona , Tiberian : Yônā , dove; Yūnus, Yūnis or يونان Yūnān ; Latin : Ionas ) is the name given in the Hebrew Bible ( Tanakh / Old Testament ) to a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BC. He is the eponymous central character in the Book of Jonah , famous for being swallowed by a fish or a whale, depending on translation. The biblical story of Jonah is repeated, with a few notable differences, in the Qur'an .

Biblical and Quranic prophet Jonah or Jonas , in the Hebrew Bible ( Tanakh / Old Testament ), is a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BCE . He is the central figure of the Book of Jonah , in which he is called upon by God to travel to Nineveh and warn its residents of impending divine wrath . Instead, Jonah boards a ship to Tarshish . Caught in a storm, he orders the ship's crew to cast him overboard, whereupon he is swallowed by a giant fish. Three days later, after Jonah agrees to go to Nineveh, the fish vomits him out onto the shore. Jonah successfully convinces the entire city of Nineveh to repent, but waits outside the city in expectation of its destruction. God shields Jonah from the sun with a plant , but later sends a worm to cause it to wither. When Jonah complains of the bitter heat, God rebukes him. In Judaism , the story of Jonah represents the teaching of teshuva , which is the ability to repent and be forgiven by God . In the New Testament , Jesus calls himself "greater than Jonah" and promises the Pharisees "the sign of Jonah", which is his resurrection . Early Christian interpreters viewed Jonah as a type for Jesus. Jonah is regarded as a prophet in Islam and the biblical narrative of Jonah is repeated, with a few notable differences, in the Quran . Some mainstream Bible scholars generally regard the Book of Jonah as fictional and often at least partially satirical , but the character of Jonah may have been based on the historical prophet of the same name mentioned in 2 Kings 14:25 . Although the word "whale" is often used in English versions of the Jonah story, the Hebrew text actually uses the phrase dag gadol , which means "giant fish". In the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, the species of the fish that swallowed Jonah was the subject of speculation for naturalists , who interpreted the story as an account of a historical incident. Some modern scholars of folklore have noted similarities between Jonah and other legendary figures, specifically Gilgamesh and the Greek hero Jason . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).

Biblical and Quranic prophet This article is about the biblical figure. Jonah or Jonas ( Yōnā , lit. ' dove ' ) is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible , hailing from Gath-hepher in the Kingdom of Israel around the 8th century BCE. He is the central figure of the Book of Jonah , which details his reluctance in delivering the judgement of Yahweh unto the city of Nineveh (near present-day Mosul ) in Assyria . Subsequently, he returns to the divine mission after he is swallowed by a large sea creature and then released. In Judaism , the story of Jonah represents the teaching of teshuva , which is the ability to repent to God for forgiveness. Jesus of Nazareth , in the New Testament of Christianity , calls himself "greater than Jonah" and promises the Pharisees "the sign of Jonah" in reference to his resurrection . Early Christian interpreters viewed Jonah as the type of Jesus. In Islam , Jonah is regarded as an Islamic prophet , and the narrative of Jonah in the Bible is repeated in a chapter of the Quran named after him ( Yūnus ). Mainstream Bible scholars generally regard the Book of Jonah as fictional, and often at least partially satirical. The character of Jonah, son of Amittai , may have been based on the historical prophet of the same name who prophesied during the reign of Amaziah of the Kingdom of Judah , as mentioned in 2 Kings . Although the creature that swallowed Jonah is often depicted in art and culture as a whale, the Hebrew text uses the phrase dag gadol ( lit. ' big fish ' ). In the 17th century and early 18th century, the species of the fish that swallowed Jonah was the subject of speculation by naturalists , who interpreted the story as an account of a historical incident. Some modern scholars of folklore, on the other hand, note similarities between Jonah and other legendary religious and mythical figures, specifically the Sumerian ruler Gilgamesh and the Greek hero Jason . Hebrew-English Bible 2 Kings 14:25 There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).

Biblical and Quranic prophet This article is about the biblical figure. Jonah the son of Amittai or Jonas ( Hebrew : יוֹנָה Yōnā , lit. ' dove ' ) is a Jewish prophet from Gath-hepher in the Northern Kingdom of Israel around the 8th century BCE according to the Hebrew Bible . He is the central figure of the Book of Jonah , one of the minor prophets , which details his reluctance in delivering the judgment of God to the city of Nineveh (near present-day Mosul ) in the Neo-Assyrian Empire . After he is swallowed by a large sea creature ( Hebrew : דג גדול , romanized : dāḡ gāḏol , lit. ' large fish ' ) and then released, he returns to the divine mission. In Judaism , the story of Jonah represents the teaching of repentance in Judaism , the ability to repent to God for forgiveness. In the New Testament of Christianity , Jesus calls himself "greater than Jonah" and promises the Pharisees "the sign of Jonah" when referring to his resurrection . Early Christian interpreters viewed Jonah as a type of Jesus. Jonah in Islam is regarded as a prophet and the narrative of Jonah appears in a surah of the Quran named after him, Yūnus . Many modern Bible scholars suggest the Book of Jonah is fictional, and at least partially satirical. Most scholars consider the Book of Jonah to have been composed long after the events it describes due to its use of words and motifs exclusive to postexilic Aramaic sources. The character of Jonah son of Amittai may have been based on the historical prophet of the same name who prophesied during the reign of King Amaziah of Judah , as mentioned in 2 Kings . Although the creature that swallowed Jonah is often depicted in art and culture as a whale, the Hebrew text uses the phrase "large fish". In the 17th century and early 18th century, the species of the fish that swallowed Jonah was the subject of speculation by naturalists , who interpreted the story as an account of a historical incident. Some modern scholars of folklore , on the other hand, note similarities between Jonah and other legendary religious figures, like the Indian yogi Matsyendranatha "Lord of the Fishes", the Sumerian king Gilgamesh , and the Greek hero Jason . Biblical scholars are divided on whether the tomb in Mosul actually belonged to Jonah. In the Jewish tradition, he returns to his hometown of Gath-Hepher after his mission to Nineveh. The Oxford Handbook of the Minor Prophets . A majority of scholars regard the book's composition as considerably later than the events it describes. They point first and foremost to language. Jonah includes words and motifs that are found only in postexilic biblical and nonbiblical Aramaic sources (for further discussion, see Wolff 1986). This includes, for example, seafaring words such as "mariner" (mallah) and "ship" (sefina) (1:5), "sailor" (hovel) (1:6), the phrase "on whose account?" (1:7, 12), and the ascription "God of heaven" (1:9; cf. Gen 24:7) which appear rarely in the Hebrew Bible (Ps 107 and Ezek 27) but are common in postexilic biblical and Imperial Aramaic sources. Hans Walter Wolff suggests that infrequency of certain vocabulary and phrases in Jonah can be accounted for by their limited use in specific contexts (Wolff 1986, 76), but the late biblical verbal constructions that are unique to Jonah support the argument that the book is postexilic. Hebrew-English Bible 2 Kings 14:25 There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).