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Jonah 1:4
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Mark 4:37
Jonah 1:5
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Wisdom of Solomon 14:1
Jonah 1:17
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3 Maccabees 6:8
Jonah 1:17
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Tobit 6:3
Jonah 2:1
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LXX Jonah 2:2
Jonah 2:3
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Exodus 15:4
Jonah 2:3
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Psalm 42:7
Jonah 2:5
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Psalm 18:4
Jonah 2:6
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Psalm 30:3
Jonah 2:6
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Exodus 15:5
Jonah 2:7
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Pirkei DeRabbi Eliezer 10:9
Jonah 2:8
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Psalm 31:6
Jonah 2:9
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Psalm 50:14
Jonah 3:4
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LXX Jonah 3:4
Jonah 3:5
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1 Clement 7:7
Jonah 3:8
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LXX Jonah 3:8
Jonah 3:9
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Exodus 32:12
Jonah 3:9
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Joel 2:14
Jonah 3:10
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LXX Jonah 3:10
Jonah 3:10
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Nahum 3:19
Jonah 4:2
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Exodus 34:6
Jonah 4:2
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Joel 2:13
Jonah 4:3
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1 Kings 19:4
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Summary
Date: 3rd Century B.C.E.
The book of Jonah was included in "the Twelve," among the other prophetic books, because it was accepted as a prophetic book. Yet it is unlike all the other prophetic books in many and diverse ways. For one thing, the book of Jonah is a narrative, whereas the others are not, though they may include some narrative sections. Prophetic books tend to allocate a large share of their text to reports of divine announcements (or "oracles") and of prophetic addresses to a public other than the Lord or the prophet alone. This is clearly not the case in Jonah.
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