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All of this suggests the answer to why, in the book of Jonah, God sends Jonah to Nineveh, of all possible cities--and why Jonah immediately went in the opposite direction, intending to get as far away from Nineveh as possible (see Jonah 1:1-3).
Jan 4, 2022 · God intercepted Jonah and sent him to the Ninevites by making a great fish swallow him (Jonah 1:3, 17). In Nineveh, Jonah proclaimed the coming judgment on that city (Jonah 2:10; 3:1–4). Instead of rejecting the Lord’s warning, the Ninevites humbled themselves and repented of their sin, from the king on down.
Jan 4, 2022 · Answer. The word of the Lord came to Jonah with the command to preach against the wickedness of Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Kingdom (Jonah 1:1-2). However, Jonah chose to flee from the presence of the Lord instead (Jonah 1:10).
- The Ninevites Are “Innocent”
- What About The Ninevites’ Recognition of God?
- An Earlier Jonah Tale: Without Repentance
- From Fools and Automatons to Wise and Independent People
- Jonah Finds Out That God Is Not Going to Destroy Nineveh
- Earlier Text: Jonah Does Not Yet Know God’s Decision
- Fleeing to Tarshish: A Late Supplement
- Comparing The Original Opening with The Added Opening
- Explaining Why God Doesn’T Destroy non-Israelite Cities
- Implication of Original Story For Israelites
While this explanation is theologically valuable, it does not do justice to the unique derogatory tone of God’s statement of 4:11, where all the people of Nineveh—not just the children as Abravanel’s question suggests—are depicted as imbeciles, creatures who cannot discern between their right hand and their left.This fact explains why God mentions ...
The interpretation of 4:11 given above raises new interpretive challenges. Earlier on in the story, when Jonah prophecies to the Ninevites, the entire population, from greatest to smallest, put their faith in God (ויאמינו באלהים), convene a fast and put on sackcloth (3:5). Furthermore, in 3:8, the king of Nineveh calls upon the population to The ki...
I believe that a spoof on the Ninevites, ridiculing them for their thick-headed intelligence, is embedded within the book of Jonah. The author/editor of the book of Jonah converted this earlier tale into a more serious treatise on matters of theodicy, repentance, and the proper role of the prophet.
What was the purpose of the addition of verse 5? In its original form, the narrative presented the people of Nineveh, like their leaders, as fools. However ridiculous the edict of the king and nobles might have been, the people of Nineveh duly obeyed. The “works” of the Ninevites, including their animals’ rites of expiation, were performed in blind...
Jonah 4:1-5 read as follows: These verses are serious and even somber. The saving of Nineveh is a terrible calamity for Jonah, and he pleads that God put an end to his life. The issue that Jonah finds so troubling is the longsuffering character of his deity, who is prone to renege on his threats of destruction. What apparently irks Jonah most about...
There are good reasons, however, for also attributing these four verses to the hand of the final editor. Verse 5 follows verses 1-4 very poorly. How can Jonah leave the city at this point and wait to see “what would become of the city,” when he already knows the city has been sparedand has complained about it, even expressing his desire to die beca...
There is another reason that we should consider Jonah 4:1-4 secondary. Jonah 4:1-4 focuses on Jonah’s reason for fleeing to Tarshish, as reported in chapter 1. However, as first suggested (in a slightly different form) by Jack Sasson, the entire episode of Jonah’s attempted escape to Tarshish and his subsequent prayer in the abdomen of the fish did...
Uncovering the distinction between the original tale in chapters 3-4 and the later expansion in chapters 1-2 allows us to further refine the meaning of the original tale:
It would seem, then, that in the original tale of chapters 3-4, the city was not conceived of as particularly wicked, so it did not have much about which to repent. The entire mission imposed upon Jonah was designed from the start to teach him, and especially the readers, a lesson that had nothing to do with sin and repentance. This lesson is that ...
The implication for the Israelites is relatively clear. Rather than seeking the destruction of the nations, the Israelites should foster a tolerant sense of humor toward them. Zeev Weisman suggested that the book of Esther should be categorized as an “indulgent satire,” that pokes fun at the Persian authorities without seeking to oppose them.The or...
Jun 3, 2004 · It is easy to see why Jonah would resent the fact that God would be gracious to the Ninevites, but how can it be said that Jonah disdained grace, even when shown to him? BECAUSE GRACE IS REQUIRED ONLY BY THE UNDERSERVING, AND JONAH WAS UNWILLING TO ADMIT THAT HE WAS UNDESERVING OF GOD’S BLESSINGS.
Jan 4, 2022 · Jonah knew from the start that God was gracious and merciful. He realized that if the people of Nineveh repented, God would spare them. The prophet was angry at their repentance because he would rather see them destroyed.
3 Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it. 4 Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, ( B ) “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.” 5 The Ninevites believed God.