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JONAH , in the See also:Bible, a See also:prophet See also:born at See also:Gath-hepher in See also:Zebulun, perhaps under See also:Jeroboam (2) (781–741 B.C.?), who fore-told the deliverance of See also:Israel from the Aramaeans (2 See also:Kings xiv . 25) . This prophet may also be the See also:hero of the much later See also:book of and the " three days and three nights " remain unexplained by this writer . On these points see Zimmern, K.A.T . (3), pp . 366, 389, 508 . The difficulties of the See also:mission of a See also:Hebrew prophet to Asshur are diminished by See also:Cheyne's later theory, Critica Biblica (1904), pp . 150-152 . (T . K . |
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