Yonah in Nineveh

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  1. The Book of Yonah

    Rabbi Yaakov Beasley

  2. Shallow Teshuva in Deep Waters -Real or Ideal

    HaTanakh.com Staff

  3. Prophet on the Run: Yonah and Yom Kippur

    Rabbi David Fohrman |

    This class raises two major questions on the book of Yonah: 
    1) Why does Yonah run? Doesn't he know that running from God is futile, especially as he's a prophet?
    2) What message does he learn at the end of the book (with the story of the tree)?

    A close examination of these questions reveals an entirely new approach to the book of Yonah: din and rachamim related to past and potential, and the meaning of true teshuva. 

  4. Yonah 3-4

    Matan Al Haperek

    Rabbi David Sabato

    Perek 3: After Yonah’s “rebirth” upon leaving the belly of the fish, Yonah starts out again on his mission. The perek opens with an additional commandment to Yonah (1-2). This time Yonah fulfills the commandment (3-4), and his prophecy bears fruit- the people of Nineveh repent (5-9) and the decree is cancelled (10). The significance of the perek becomes clear when we compare it to the first mission and its results in perek 1.

    It would seem that perek 3 is the end and the resolution of the story- the city is saved from being overturned and the mission is successful. However, having the climax of the story in perek 4 teaches us that the focus of the book is not the repentance of Nineveh, but rather the character of Yonah. While the previous perakim spoke of unilateral actions, without dialogue, this perek begins with a dialogue between Yonah and God in the city (1-4), and afterward continues to a dialogue between Yonah and God outside the city (5-11). 

  5. Sefer Yona: Archaeology

    Nachliel Selavan | 18 minutes

    Yona is the fifth of the “twelve prophets” or תרי עשר, which span a period of over 300 years. 

    Yona is sent to Nineveh, an ancient city which would also become the capital of the Assyrian Empire. The are some mysteries surrounding the time of Yona, and his identification. Is he the Yona mentioned in Melachim? Or perhaps a later one? Did he prophesy unto the mighty, neo-Assyrian Empire, or to the city of Ashur as it was merely a city-state?

    This episode discusses those and more topics.

     

    Archaeology Snapshot is a discussion on the location, timeline, main characters and highlights from history and archaeology, for each Sefer in Tanach.