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There is no reason to doubt that Jonah is the author of the book, although this is routinely challenged in circles of higher criticism. The candor of the book harmonizes with what we know about the ...

Sometime after the fish vomited Jonah onto dry land, the word of the Lord comes to him yet again, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it the message that I tell you.” (Jonah 3 ...