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.

Jonah praises God for rescuing him from death, but he is not happy when God again tells him to go to Nineveh, but this time he goes. When he arrives in Nineveh, Jonah announces that in 40 days the ...

Jonah praises God for rescuing him from death, but he is not happy when God again tells him to go to Nineveh, but this time he goes. When he arrives in Nineveh, Jonah announces that in 40 days the ...

The story: The prophet Jonah was sent by God’s command to save Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Empire: “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim upon it” (Jonah 1: 2).

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 ...

Jonah and the Whale (2012) 23 x 23, bronze relief by Lynda Caspe. Who will carry the Yom Kippur message to the world? “There is no escape and time is short; your day will arrive and your fate ...

Nineveh was the capital of Assyria, an empire that included what today we call Iraq and Syria. By the time the story was written, Nineveh was no more, but the author used it to symbolize all those ...

Deep inside looters' tunnels dug beneath the Tomb of Jonah in the ancient Iraq city of Nineveh, archaeologists have uncovered 2,700-year-old inscriptions that describe the rule of an Assyrian king ...

Jonah lived in the 8th-century BC when Assyria was the world power. He heard the voice of God telling him to go to Nineveh (the capital) and call on the people to repent.

Jonah was a reluctant prophet who first ran away from God and the mission to preach repentance in Nineveh, the capitol of Assyria, one of Israel’s most hated enemies.

For example, at my church we recently finished a study of Jonah. I’m sure many of you are familiar with his story. He was the prophet who was instructed by God to warn the people of a certain ...