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# 📖 Jonah
> [!info] Info
> [[#📖 Summary of Book]]
> [[#📚 Genre]]
> [[#🙋♂️ Who is the Author]]
> [[#⌛️ When Was it Written]]
> [[#🧭 Theme Verse]]
> [[#🧭 Major Themes]]
> [[#📅 Outline of Book]]
> **[[#✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes]]**
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflections]]
> [[#📚 Further Study / Interesting Insights]]
## 📖 Summary of Book
> The Book of Jonah tells the story of a reluctant prophet who attempts to flee from God’s command to preach repentance to the city of Nineveh. After being swallowed by a great fish, Jonah repents and obeys God’s call. The people of Nineveh respond with genuine repentance, and God spares them from judgment. The book exposes Jonah’s anger and self-righteousness, revealing God’s compassion for all nations.
#### 📚 Genre
- Prophetic Narrative
- Didactic History
#### 🙋♂️ Who is the Author
- Traditionally attributed to Jonah son of Amittai
#### ⌛️ When Was it Written
- Approximately 760–750 BC (during the reign of Jeroboam II; composition date debated)
## 🧭 Theme Verse
>Jonah 4:2 (NET)
“He prayed to the LORD and said, ‘Oh, LORD, this is just what I thought would happen when I was in my own country. This is why I attempted to escape to Tarshish! — because I knew that you are gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, and that you are one who relents concerning threatened judgment.’”
## 🧭 Major Themes
• God’s mercy
• Repentance and forgiveness
• God’s sovereignty
• Compassion for nations
• Obedience and rebellion
• God’s patience
• Prejudice and pride
• Grace over judgment
• God’s mission
• Spiritual transformation
## 📅 Outline of Book
- 1:1–17 — Jonah’s Flight and Discipline
- Call to Nineveh
- Storm at sea
- Great fish
- 2:1–10 — Jonah’s Prayer
- Repentance
- Thanksgiving
- 3:1–10 — Nineveh’s Repentance
- Renewed commission
- City-wide revival
- 4:1–11 — Jonah’s Anger and God’s Lesson
- Jonah’s complaint
- The plant and the worm
- God’s compassion
## ✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes
- [[Jonah 01]]
- [[Jonah 02]]
- [[Jonah 03]]
- [[Jonah 04]]
## 🙏 Devotional Reflections
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## 📚 Further Study / Interesting Insights
**Further Study**.
1. Douglas Stuart, Hosea–Jonah (Word Biblical Commentary: Jonah section)
2. Kevin J. Youngblood, Jonah (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament)
3. Timothy Keller, The Prodigal Prophet
**Interesting Insights**.
1. Jonah is primarily a story rather than a collection of sermons.
2. Jesus refers to Jonah as a sign of His resurrection.
3. Nineveh was the capital of Assyria.
4. Jonah preached to Israel’s enemies.
5. The book emphasizes God’s concern for Gentiles.
6. The “great fish” is never identified as a whale.
7. Even pagan sailors pray to the LORD in Jonah.
8. Jonah is the only prophet who runs from his calling.
9. The book ends with a question from God.
10. Jonah highlights God’s mercy more than judgment.
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