Analysis of the Book of Jonah

We often read the Bible story without considering the historical background. As a result, we will not notice the historical validity of the story. In some cases, the story is used as a tool to share ethical concepts or to teach the course. Jonah is an example used to judge whether this particular story explains the exact story of history or teaches lessons to the reader. In Jonah, as a wish for the repentance of his sin, Jonah (the prophet) was instructed to go to the heathen city (Nineveh) to preach to Nineveh.

As this story relates to Jonah, the prophet Jonah was summoned by God to the plague of prophecy due to Nineveh (a wonderful Assyrian city) and the excessive evil of the city. In the story, the books of Jonah and Naga feel the same Nineveh - because of God's judgment about it, the city inevitably falls. Therefore, Jonah did not want to predict, as Nineveh may repent and be saved. So he rushed to Joppa and went to a ship carrying him who is trying to escape God in the opposite direction. An unprecedented storm hit the ship, the captain and the crew could do it, but it showed signs of division and sinking. A lot of people threw, and Jonah admitted that he had a storm on what is on the ship. On his request, he was thrown out of the boat and the storm was over.

Jonah was the central figure of Jonah and God told him to go to Nineveh to prophesy against it, but Jonah tried to escape from the "presence of the Lord" by going to Jaffa ( Sometimes Joppa or Jopo) and sailed to him. A huge storm happened and crews noticed that it was not an ordinary storm and found lots of things and learned that Jonah should be condemned. Jonah acknowledged this and pointed out that the storm would stop if he was thrown out of the ship. Seafarers refused to do so, but their efforts all failed, eventually they were forced to throw Jonah out of the boat. As a result, the storm calmed down and the crews sacrificed God. Jonah was saved miraculously by being swallowed by a big fish, and in his stomach he spent three days and three nights. Among the big fish, Jonah prayed to God in suffering, thanked and devoted himself to paying all that he swore.