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  2. Jonah - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Book of Jonah - Wikipedia

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    Book of Jonah. 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 attempts to escape his divine mission.

  4. James Bartley - Wikipedia

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    James Bartley. James Bartley (1870–1909) is the central figure in a late nineteenth-century story according to which he was swallowed whole by a sperm whale. He was found still living days later in the stomach of the whale, which was dead from harpooning. The story originated of an anonymous form, began to appear in American newspapers.

  5. Inside the Whale - Wikipedia

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    Inside the Whale. " Inside the Whale " is an essay in three parts written by George Orwell in 1940. It is primarily a review of Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller with Orwell discoursing more widely over English literature in the 1920s and 1930s. The biblical story of Jonah and the whale is used as a metaphor for accepting experience without ...

  6. Allegorical interpretation of the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Medieval scholars believed the Old Testament to serve as an allegory of New Testament events, such as the story of Jonah and the whale, which represents Jesus' death and resurrection. [11] According to the Old Testament Book of Jonah, a prophet spent three days in the belly of a fish. Medieval scholars believed this was an allegory (using the ...

  7. Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie - Wikipedia

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    The first story takes place in the current day and concerns a mishap with Bob the Tomato and Dad Asparagus on the way to a concert; the second, set in ancient times, is based directly on the biblical story of Jonah. Through both stories, compassion and mercy play a role in giving people a second chance. Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie premiered on ...

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