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 | | Jonah (יונה "Dove", StandardHebrew Yona, Tiberian Hebrew Yônāh) was aperson in the Bible Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh, the son of Amittai, fromthe Galilean village of Gath-hepher, near Nazareth. |
 | | Timewise,this may mean he was contemporary with the prophets Hosea and Amos ; or possibly he preceded them, and consequently may have been the veryoldest of all the prophets whose writings we possess. |
 | | The character of Jonah, who wants Ninevah destroyed, is contrasted with that of God, who iscompassionate toward Jew or Gentile, human or animal. |
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