We might compare Jonah’s point of view to that of Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a messianic religious Zionist ...

(RNS) — God sending Jonah to Nineveh would be like telling a modern-day rabbi to preach in Iran or Gaza. (RNS) — The Book of Jonah is one of my favorite books in the Bible. Because of what is ...

“ In distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and brought me relief.” (Psalms 118:5) “The torments of Sheol ...

Why do we read the Book of Jonah on Yom Kippur? Commentators — predictably — differ. But I believe one crucial reason is because of the book’s warning against dehumanizing others in the course of ...

On Yom Kippur afternoon, the Jewish world pauses and studies one of the Bible's most perplexing books, Megillat-Yonah, or as it is known in English, the Book of Jonah. There is no doubt that Jonah is ...

This is Flemish artist Jan Brueghel the Elder’s depiction of the giant fish coughing Jonah onshore to let him complete the mission God had given him. Brueghel lived from 1568-1625. (Courtesy Photo) ...

"Now the word of the Lord came unto Jonah saying, 'Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city and cry against it.' But Jonah rose up to flee, and he found a ship and went down into it from the presence of ...

Paul Hunter and Aeysha Carr's 10-episode series examines faith and fate with zany nods to the Book of Jonah and plenty of other oddball touches. By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic Even at the ...