Jonah
Old Testament · Minor Prophets · 4 chapters
A reluctant prophet is sent to Nineveh, and the city repents; the story asks whether we share God’s mercy toward our enemies.
GraceMissionRepentance
Context
- Genre
- Prophetic narrative
- Authorship
- Associated with the prophet JonahThe book is a narrative about Jonah and does not name its author; the date is debated.
- Setting
- Nineveh
- Original language
- Hebrew
- In the original
- רַחוּםrachum — compassionate
- Related texts
- 2 Kings 14 · Jonah son of AmittaiNahum 1–3 · another word about Nineveh