Jonah
Sign in to saveJonah the son of Amittai or Jonas ( , ) was 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 () and then released, he returns to the divine mission.
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Jonah was an 8th-century Jewish prophet from the Northern Kingdom of Israel who became the central figure of the Book of Jonah, one of the Hebrew Bible's minor prophets. The book tells how Jonah reluctantly resisted God's command to deliver judgment to the city of Nineveh, was swallowed by a sea creature, and eventually returned to complete his divine mission.
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- Jonah
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- Jonah Preaching to the Ninevites (1866) by Gustave Doré, in La Grande Bible de Tours
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- Prophet
- Saint.birth_date
- 9th century BCE
- Saint.birth_place
- Gath-hepher, Kingdom of Israel
- Saint.death_date
- 8th century BCE
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- 21 September (Catholicism)
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- Tomb of Jonah (destroyed), Mosul, Iraq
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- JudaismChristianityIslamBaháʼí FaithRastafari
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Article
27 sectionsContents
- Book of Jonah
- Religious views
- In Judaism
- In Christianity
- In the Book of Tobit
- In the New Testament
- Post-Biblical views
- In Islam
- Quran
- Hadiths
- {{anchor|Tomb at Nineveh}}Claimed tombs
- Scholarly interpretations
- Historicity
- Parodic elements
- The fish
- Translation
- Scientific speculation
- Cultural influence
- Suggested connections to legends
- ''Epic of Gilgamesh''
- Jason (Greek mythology)
- See also
- Further reading
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Jonah the son of Amittai or Jonas ( , ) was 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 () 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.