Introduction
The book of Jonah is unique story. It is commonly known as a prophet who was saved by a big fish and lived in it safely. However, it is more than that. It contained many historical stories. Jesus also mentioned the story about Jonah (Matthew 12:39-41, 16:4 and Luke 11:29-32). Therefore, it is very important to know the world and the background such book in few thousands ago.
Author
As can be seen in Jonah 1:1, I believe the writer was Jonah himself. The other reference can be found in 2 Kings 14:25. These verses were saying that God talked to his people through his mediator which in the Old Testament is refers as a Prophet. The prophet is Jonah, son of Amittai from Gath Hepher. Jonah in Hebrew means dove.
A scholar mentioned
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The ministry of Jonah can be seen through the map below.
1. First Biblical Mention:
The story on Nineveh had been recorded in the Bible. It was mentioned in Genesis 10:11 which writes that Nimrod as the builder. Nimrod was the son of Ham who was a descendant of Noah. This family actually cursed generations as their forefather was cursed by Noah to hard work making new lands, cities and kingdoms. Nimrod was a great hunter and made his kingdom in the land of Shinar including Babel. The chronology of the city of Nineveh was described by a scholar T. G Pinches:
The first Biblical mention of Nineveh is in Gen 10:11, where it is stated that Nimrod or Asshur went out into Assyria, and built Nineveh and Rehoboth-Ir, and Calah, and Resen between Nineveh and Calah, with the addition, the same is the great city. Everything indicates that these statements are correct, for Nineveh was certainly at one time under Babylonian rule, and was at first not governed by Assyrian kings. To all appearance Nineveh took its name from the Babylonian Nina near Lagas in South Babylonia, on the Euphrates, from which early foundation it was probably