Some interpretations posit that Jonah was attempting to protect his credibility as a prophet because he knew ... No shade to the bible, but that seems like the healthier approach.

However, allegories or parables in the Bible are always either said to be so, or made evident in the context. The Book of Jonah, however, is written as a historical tale with a historical prophet ...

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 ...

Still, although Simancas felt he had been swallowed, humpback whales have filter feeders which cannot completely eat someone ...

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 ...

Three years ago, I was conducting research for a study on the Bible and the Chinese ... We see it taking place in one angry prophet’s account in Scripture too. Jonah is aggrieved with God ...