Book of Jonah Essays

The book of Jonah tells about how the prophet Jonah refused to follow the Lord. Jonah is an Old Testament book where God persuaded Jonah to obey him and follow through with what he had planned for him by calling him out when he disobeyed, putting him through trials, and offering mercy. While Jonah eventually did what he was asked to do, the book of Jonah closes by showing Jonah as a bitter man. God called Jonah to go and share the gospel to the people of Nineveh, but instead of doing what God called

of Nineveh and preach against it, because their wickedness has confronted Me.” However, Jonah got up to flee to Tarshish from the LORD’s presence. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. He paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish, from the LORD’s presence.” Jonah 1:1-3 (My wsb) Nineveh, Joppa and Tarshish are the locations that the scripture mentions in the book of Jonah. As we already know, his main destination was to head to Nineveh, however he headed to

The book of Jonah is a short narrative packed with big ideas and lessons inside of it. It tells the story of the prophet Jonah, who was called by God to speak prophecy to the people of Nineveh. Instead of answering the call, Jonah ran away. In the midst of his fear, Jonah boarded a ship leaving for Tarshish. The voyage is cut short by a storm in which Jonah told his fellow men to cast him into the sea so the storm will pass. After this event, Jonah is swallowed by a giant fish, created by God. For

Introduction Jonah is one of the most relatable prophets in the Bible; nevertheless, during Jonah 1:17-2:9 questions start to arise. Such questions are: Why did God appoint a Fish to swallow Jonah? Why was he cast out? What did he vow to God? In Jonah 1:17-2:9, Jonah starts to have questions about his faith in God but then becomes oddly optimistic for someone who was in the belly of a fish for three days and nights. However, as readers continue to read, more questions arise, such as, How could Jonah keep

The Book of Jonah is about a rebellious prophet named Jonah. In Chapters, one through four the Lord spoke to Jonah and gave him directions to go to Nineveh and preach. As he heard the message from God, he was displeased and ran away to Tarshish. Before he could ever get Tarshish, Jonah boarded a ship. Afterward, a great storm appeared and the sailors were afraid so they called Jonah from his sleep and asked him what have they done wrong that has made God angry. Jonah decided to tell the sailors that

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

The Old Testament book of Jonah is a gripping, interesting, and engaging story. Jonah is considered one of the most difficult books to comprehend and understand properly. This book can be summarized with these four headings: Jonah flees from God, Jonah prays, Jonah goes to the city of Nineveh, and Jonah’s anger at the Lord’s compassion. Obviously, the main character in the story is Jonah; although whether he is a protagonist or an antagonist is debatable. Seemingly, Jonah does not look like the “most

Jonah also known as Jonas is the name given in the Hebrew bible to a prophet. Jonah was the son of Amitai and was one of the greatest prophets during the time of Jeroboam II. As a disciple Jonah had anointed Jehu and enjoyed the Kings benevolence. God commended Jonah to go to Nineveh and speak for God and speak out to them telling them what they where doing bad as Nineveh was founded by Nimrod and shorty after during 900 B.C. Nineveh had rose to power, planning on conquering Israel. By 721 B.C.

The book of Joel is the fourth book of the minor prophets and it is about the crisis and shows images of agricultural ruins and their impact on the life of Juda. it has a lot of prophecies about the arrival of the day of Jehova. but this book mainly deals with the prophecies that Joel made after the land of Judah was afflicted with a severe drought and a plague of locusts (TNOAB, pg. 1275). Obadiah; Obadiah is the shortest book in the Hebrew Bible and is a historical prophetic book. This book was

BIBLICAL THEOLOGY OF JONAH Introduction The Book of Jonah begins with a call from God to the prophet (Jon. 1:1-2). Unlike the others, however, Jonah rejects God’s call. The plot of Jonah centres on the conflict between Jonah and God. God calls Jonah to proclaim judgment to Nineveh, but Jonah resists and attempts to flee. He goes to Joppa and boards a ship bound for Tarshish. God calls up a great storm at sea, and the ship's crew cast Jonah overboard in an attempt to appease God. God then sent a

Landes, George M. “The Kerygma of the Book of Jonah: The Contextual Interpretation of the Jonah Psalm.” Interpretation, 21 no.1 (January 1967): 3-31 Scholars have debated on whether the Jonah psalm in Jonah 2:2-9 was originally a part of the book or a later insertion. George Landes in The Kerygma of the Book of Jonah: The Contextual Interpretation of the Jonah Psalm argues persuasively that the psalm fits contextually into the prose narrative and therefore is a feasible part of the original work

mission was to save the people of Nineveh. But, Jonah did not want to go because he was scared. Jonah did go to Nineveh after he was thrown off a ship and then swallowed by a whale. After three days in the whales belly the whale spit him out onto dry land. I chose the prophet Jonah because he is a prophet I have known since I have been little. I loved the prophet when I was little because I wanted to be a marine biologist and I liked fish. At the time of Jonah, Nineveh was a bad country they cheated, stole

sophisticated engineering processes (Goldratt & Cox, 1992). When the company’s poor performance persists, its president informs Alex that it might need to be closed in three months time if the situation does not improve. Alex contacts his former instructor Jonah, for help (Rahman,

The minor prophet I chose is Jonah he is a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BCE. Jonah is the son of Amittai and he appears in the book Kings 2 as a prophet from Gath-Hepher which is a border town in ancient Israel, a few miles north of Nazareth. He is there described as being active during the rule of the second King Jeroboam (c.786–746 BCE). And as predicting that Jeroboam will recover certain lost territories the tribes had lost during the spilt of the kingdom

The bible of Jonah The writer of this bible is Mathew. Mathew is one of those twelve apostles of Jesus and, according to the Christian tradition, he is one of the four evangelists. The book of Jonah was most likely written between 793 and 758 B.C. There was a place called Nineveh. Nineveh is most likely the main place in this bible. It the place where the God asked Jonah to go and to tell the people there to stop being bad, or to destroy that place called Nineveh. Jonah he is Hebrew and the is

eighth century BC which was a very long way to go which he couldn’t able to adjust with timing and date. He quoted “…that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness has come up before Me.” (Bible) In the meaning of God’s word, he saying to Jonah to go to the great city of Nineveh which is on the eastern bank of the river Tigris, and report my judgment to the people because he have seen the people that are evil. With his unexpected plans comes with a twist when he decided to get away from god

A Powerful God – Jonah 1v7-17 - Introduction o This is no ordinary story of a boat in a storm  In this chapter a prophet named Jonah • Is called by God to go preach at a city called Nineveh • Jonah doesn’t want to be sent by God to a city of gentiles so he buys a ship ticket to go in the opposite direction o Notice the story  It has a real man named Jonah  A real city called Ninevah  A real city called Tarshish  A place called Joppa where Jonah has to go to get the ship • The Word of God coming

Jonah (Yunus in Arabic, or Yunan for Christian Arabs) is highly important in Islam as a prophet who was faithful to God and delivered His messages. In Islam, Jonah is also called Dhul-Nun (Arabic: ذو النون; meaning The One of the Whale). Chapter 10 of the Qur'an is named Jonah, although in this chapter only verse 98 refers to him directly. It is said in Muslim tradition that Jonah came from the tribe of Benjamin and that his father was Amittai.[12] Jonah is the only one of the Twelve Minor Prophets[12]

background, literary structure, grammar and syntax, and themes of Jonah 4, pastors and teachers alike can make applications that are faithful to the text. Such applications will not only be textual accurate but also personally convicting, confronting readers both ancient and modern with a choice as to keep accusing God of injustice or to withdraw our self-centered accusations. Jonah 4 serves to complete the structure of the book as a whole. One would think that the structure of the whole story

Jonah is is given by the hebrew Bible as a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BC. Jonah was one of the greatest prophets during the time of Jeroboam II. Jonah was the son of Amitai, he lived in the Galilean city of Gath-hepher (about four miles north of Nazareth). Nineveh was one of the oldest and greatest cities in antiquity. The area was settled as early as 6000 BCE and had become an important religious centre for worship of the goddess Ishtar. The city and the near