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  2. Book of Jonah - Wikipedia

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    Illustrated Jonah from the 15th-century Kennicott Bible. The Book of Jonah is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Nevi'im ("Prophets") in the Hebrew Bible, and an individual book in the Christian Old Testament. The book tells of a Hebrew prophet named Jonah, son of Amittai, who is sent by God to prophesy the destruction of Nineveh, but ...

  3. Jonah - Wikipedia

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    Jonah. Jonah or Jonas ( Hebrew: יוֹנָה Yōnā, lit. 'dove') [a] is a Jewish prophet in the Hebrew Bible hailing from Gath-hepher in the Northern Kingdom of Israel around the 8th century BCE. He is the central figure of the Book of Jonah, which details his reluctance in delivering the judgment of Yahweh to the city of Nineveh (near present ...

  4. Twelve Minor Prophets - Wikipedia

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    The Minor Prophets or Twelve Prophets (Hebrew: שנים עשר, Shneim Asar; Imperial Aramaic: תרי עשר, Trei Asar, "Twelve") (Ancient Greek: δωδεκαπρόφητον, "the Twelve Prophets"), occasionally Book of the Twelve, is a collection of prophetic books, written between about the 8th and 4th centuries BCE, which are in both the Jewish Tanakh and Christian Old Testament.

  5. Nineveh - Wikipedia

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    The Hebrew Book of Jonah, which Stephanie Dalley asserts was written in the 4th century BC, is an account of the city's repentance and God's mercy which prevented destruction. Archaeologically, there is evidence of repairs at the temple of Nabu after 612 and for the continued use of Sennacherib's palace.

  6. Timeline of the Hebrew prophets - Wikipedia

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    King Saul, prophecy of Samuel, King David, prophecy of Nathan prophecy of Gad. King Solomon. King Rehoboam of Judah, prophecy of Shemaiah. King Jeroboam of Israel, prophecy of Ahijah. King Asa of Judah. prophecies of Elijah, Micaiah, and Elisha. King Joash of Judah. prophecy of Jonah [1] during the time of Babylonian captivity, though dating of ...

  7. Jonah in rabbinic literature - Wikipedia

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    When Jonah was thrown into the sea his soul immediately left his body and soared up to God's throne, where it was judged and sent back. As soon as it touched the mouth of the fish on its way back to the body, the fish died, but was later restored to life. The fish's name is given in Shalshelet ha-Kabbalah as cetos ("whale").

  8. Kikayon - Wikipedia

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    Origins. The first use of the term kikayon is in the biblical book of Jonah, Chapter 4. In the quote below, from the Jewish Publication Society translation of 1917, the English word 'gourd' occurs where the Hebrew has kikayon. 6 And the L ORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to ...

  9. Nevi'im - Wikipedia

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    Among the four books of the Latter Prophets,Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel account for three books and the ("Trei Asar," Aramaic for "twelve": Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi) are counted as a single book. The development of the Hebrew Bible canon placed the Book of Daniel as ...

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