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Jonah

The book of Jonah son of Amathi is about a prophet who is reluctant to follow God's command to preach repentance to the wicked city of Nineveh, so he flees by sea. During the voyage, a great storm threatens the ship, and Jonah is thrown overboard, where he is swallowed by a large fish. After three days inside the fish, he repents and prays, and the fish eventually spits him out on dry land. God then sends Jonah to Nineveh again, where his message of doom leads the entire city to repent, much to Jonah's anger. The story ends with God using a plant to teach Jonah that his mercy extends to all of creation.


The story's events involve the prophet Jonah from Gath-hepher. One of the links below provides a geographic area proposed to be that ancient village. The sanctuary of Jonah appears in the Madaba Map – an ancient mosaic map of the Holy Land from the 6th C AD, which was discovered in 1884 in a Byzantine church in Madaba, Jordan. The Greek inscription reads: “Saint Jonah”.

Of interest, today there are 5 locations claiming to have the tomb of Jonah, each of which people travel to make pilgrimage.

Yonah Hill - located in Ashdod, Israel which has Greek Orthodox Christian mosaic https://www.biblewalks.com/yonahhill/

Al-Nabi Yunus Mosque' - located in Mosul, in the Nineveh Governorate of Iraq, which was destroyed in 2014.

Al-Nabi Yunis Mosque - located in Mashhad, Isreal

Mosque of Nabi Yunus - located in Halhul, West Bank: A mosque located 5 km north of Hebron

Fatih Pasha Mosque - located in Diyarbakır, Turkey behind the mihrab at the Fatih Pasha Mosque. The mosque is the first Ottoman-built mosque in Diyarbakır, constructed between 1516-1520

Title - Thesis
Scroll
Short Description
Synthesis 2nd Temple
Antithesis
Synthesis Apostolic
Synthesis Amoraim
Continent Origin
Southern Worldview
Northern Worldview
Jonah
Scroll 17
Story of hope
Jonah
Dove
Jonas
Sefer Yonah
Asia
Book of Prophets
The Twelve
Category Reference Guide 
 

Title/Thesis - The name of the book in American English

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Synthesis 2nd Temple - The name of the book in order of its presentation other than the Apostles, ranging from 2nd temple Judaism up to the 1st century

Antithesis - The name of the book in another language

Synthesis Apostolic - The identity of the book in order of its presentation according to Tradition in the church after the 3rd century

Synthesis Amoraim - The name of the book in order of its presentation other than the Apostles, ranging from Tannaim up to the 5th century​

Continent Origin - Continent from where the Text Type Source comes from

Southern Worldview - Catalog strategy for storing the scrolls include the interpretation. South means Africa or Egypt (Alexandrian) such as LXX. South of Palestine.​

Northern Worldview - Catalog strategy for storing the scrolls include the interpretation. North means Asia or Persia (Babylonian) such as Masoretic. North of Palestine.

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Here are additional resources for those who want to continue learning and exploring:

Link to Gath-hepher in Zebulun two miles from Nazareth where Jonah's tomb was https://biblehub.com/atlas/gath-hepher.htm

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