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Jonah 1:3 and 4:2 mention Tarshish as a distant place: "But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Jaffa and found a ship going to Tarshish." Jonah's fleeing to Tarshish may need to be taken as "a place
Jonah is the central character in the Book of Jonah, in which God ("the L ORD") commands him to go to the city of Nineveh to prophesy against it for their great wickedness against God. [14] However, Jonah instead attempts to run from God by going to Jaffa and sailing to Tarshish. [15]
Jonah and the Whale (1621) by Pieter Lastman Jonah Preaching to the Ninevites (1866) by Gustave Doré, in La Grande Bible de Tours. Jonah is the central character in the Book of Jonah, in which God commands him to go to the city of Nineveh to prophesy against it "for their great wickedness is come up before me," [10] but Jonah instead attempts to flee from "the presence of the Lord" by going ...
The term Tarshish also figures in the Book of Jonah, where Jonah, to evade God's mission that he preach in Nineveh, boards ship in Jaffa, and sails towards a city of that name. This led some to suggest that there too Carthage was his objective. Much modern research tends to the view, however, that the Tarshish here denotes the Iberian Tartessos.
According to the Book of Jonah the Prophet, during his lifetime Jonah was commanded by God to travel to the city Nineveh to condemn their wickedness. [4] He decided to flee from the presence of the lord and he set sail for Tarshish, a huge storm arose. The sailors realized that it was no ordinary storm and that Jonah was to blame. [5]
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Alan Oppenheimer – Jonah (in "Jonah") Barry Bostwick – Joseph (in "Joseph and his Brothers") Bruce McGill – Charlotte Rae – Noah's wife (in "Noah's Ark") David Ackroyd – Angel (in "The Nativity"), Jesus Christ (in "The Miracles of Jesus") Dean Jones – King Ahasuerus (in "Queen Esther") Ed Asner – Joshua (in "Joshua and the Battle ...