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Jonah is a prophet for today (RNS) — God sending Jonah to Nineveh would be like telling a modern-day rabbi to preach in Iran or Gaza. An illustration of the prophet Jonah and the giant fish.

Jonah hated Nineveh; he did not want its reconciliation with God; he wanted its destruction. So, he sails away on a ship. When a storm comes, the crew and passengers pray to their gods for ...

In the Qur’an’s Jonah story, for example, the prophet prays, “Glory be to you, for I have certainly done wrong.” In the Bible, Jonah never agrees he’s erred.

God sending Jonah to Nineveh would be like telling a modern-day rabbi to preach in Iran or Gaza. ... Jonah is the prophet we need today. Thomas J. Reese January 23, 2024.

When Jonah is called to go to Nineveh, he runs away. On the ship carrying him in the opposite direction of Nineveh, a storm rages threatening to capsize it. Where is Jonah?

The novel is divided into two sections, “Truth” and “Mercy,” the tension between which the Book of Jonah sits. The ancient prophet, after all, is given a commandment by God to warn ...

Jonah mulled over the similarities between his current situation and that of Noah’s, long ago. “After the great Flood , Noah had sent out a dove from the ark to check on the water level ...