Jonah and Nineveh
About this date: Date of Jonah's setting is not the same as the debated date of the book's composition.
The narrative challenges narrow expectations of mercy through Jonah's mission to Nineveh.
Perspective note
Comparative historical/source study. The original author's or church's reception is retained; inclusion does not make every claim Oriental Orthodox teaching.
People
- Jonah
Scripture
- 2 Kings 14:25 — Kings briefly names Jonah as a prophet in the reign of Jeroboam II; it does not retell the book of Jonah.
- Jonah 1–4 — Jonah resists a mission to Nineveh, which repents, and the story ends by questioning his anger at mercy.