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Man almost swallowed by whale is a lot chiller about it than Jonah was
Sign up for Forwarding the News, the Forward’s morning newsletter with all the news and analysis that matters to American Jews each day. The biblical story of Jonah ...
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Ash Wednesday: Why do Christians put ashes on their foreheads?
The practice of donning ashes is one of them. In the Bible we are told that when the prophet Jonah pronounced God’s wrath on ...
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Marine insurance as old as the Bible
By John Nelson Columnist A recent article in a maritime publication relating how the value of cargo lost off the deck of a ...
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Man almost swallowed by whale is a lot chiller about it than Jonah was
The biblical story of Jonah has always seemed rather fantastical; after all, who could survive in the belly of a whale? Since when do whales swallow people? Well, since this week, apparently; a ...
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Opinion: Biblical story of Jonah holds relevance for America’s current times
Sometimes when I read the Bible, I can see a parallel between things that happened during biblical times and what is happening in our world today. For example, at my church we recently finished a ...