ChristianAnswers.Net WebBible Encyclopedia Book of JonahThis book professes to give an account of what actually took place in the experience of the prophet. Some critics have sought to interpret the book as a parable or Allegory, and not as a history. They have done so for various reasons. Thus,
Jonah and his story is referred to by our Lord (Matthew 12:39,40; Luke 11:29), a fact to which the greatest weight must be attached. It is impossible to interpret this reference on any other theory. This one argument is of sufficient importance to settle the whole question. No theories devised for the purpose of getting rid of difficulties can stand against such a proof that the book is a veritable history. There is every reason to believe that this book was written by Jonah himself. It gives an account of…
Nineveh was spared after Jonah's mission for more than a century. The history of Jonah may well be regarded “as a part of that great onward movement which was before the Law and under the Law; which gained strength and volume as the fulness of the times drew near” (John James Stewart Perowne’s Jonah). Read the book of Jonah—GO… ALSO SEE
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