Jonah

Also known as Jonas, Younas

Jonah the son of Amittai or Jonas ( , ) was a Jewish prophet from Gath-hepher in the Northern Kingdom of Israel around the 8th century BCE according to the Hebrew Bible. He is the central figure of the Book of Jonah, one of the minor prophets, which details his reluctance in delivering the judgment of God to the city of Nineveh (near present-day Mosul) in the Neo-Assyrian Empire. After he is swallowed by a large sea creature () and then released, he returns to the divine mission.

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Jonah was an 8th-century Jewish prophet from the Northern Kingdom of Israel who became the central figure of the Book of Jonah, one of the Hebrew Bible's minor prophets. The book tells how Jonah reluctantly resisted God's command to deliver judgment to the city of Nineveh, was swallowed by a sea creature, and eventually returned to complete his divine mission.

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Saint.name: Jonah
Saint.image: Dore jonah.jpg
Saint.imagesize: 270
Saint.caption: Jonah Preaching to the Ninevites (1866) by Gustave Doré, in La Grande Bible de Tours
Saint.titles: Prophet
Saint.birth_date: 9th century BCE
Saint.birth_place: Gath-hepher, Kingdom of Israel
Saint.death_date: 8th century BCE
Saint.feast_day: 21 September (Catholicism)
Saint.major_shrine: Tomb of Jonah (destroyed), Mosul, Iraq
Saint.venerated_in: JudaismChristianityIslamBaháʼí FaithRastafari
Person.embed: yes
Person.father: Amittai

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Commons category: Jonah
date of birth: 0823-00-00
name in native language: יוֹנָה
date of death: 0720-00-00

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Contents

Book of Jonah
Religious views
In Judaism
In Christianity
In the Book of Tobit
In the New Testament
Post-Biblical views
In Islam
Quran
Hadiths
{{anchor|Tomb at Nineveh}}Claimed tombs
Scholarly interpretations
Historicity
Parodic elements
The fish
Translation
Scientific speculation
Cultural influence
Suggested connections to legends
''Epic of Gilgamesh''
Jason (Greek mythology)
See also
Further reading
Notes
References
Bibliography
External links

In Judaism, the story of Jonah represents the teaching of repentance in Judaism, the ability to repent to God for forgiveness. In the New Testament of Christianity, Jesus calls himself "greater than Jonah" and promises the Pharisees "the sign of Jonah" when referring to his resurrection. Early Christian interpreters viewed Jonah as a type of Jesus. Jonah in Islam is regarded as a prophet and the narrative of Jonah appears in a surah of the Quran named after him, Yūnus.