Jonah's journey.

Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought | June 22, 1995| | Copyright

JONAH IS A DIFFICULT CHARACTER, FIRST HE RUNS AWAY from God. Then, asleep, he is indifferent to the plight of his fellow shipmates. The prophet endures a strange, even bizarre voyage in the depths of the sea. When Jonah finally gets to Nineveh, he grudgingly delivers his prophetic message. He resents their repentance and finally is moody and irascible in his comments to God.

Thus the Biblical Jonah. Yet when we consider the many comments about Jonah found in aggadic sources, another picture emerges. Though there are exceptions, on the whole the "rabbinic Jonah" is ...

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