Jonah believed the mission was futile, convinced that the people of the large city of Ninevah would never repent and so he took a ship sailing from Jaffa to Tarshish in Spain in an effort to ...

Jonah decides to run away to Tarshish on a boat. While on the ship, other people realize they are being singled out for a tempest, for they can see that the storm is just around their boat, so ...

Hence Jonah seeks to escape God by boarding a ship bound for Tarshish. A raging storm develops at sea, and a drawing of lots makes it clear that Jonah is responsible for the storm .

The feast of Jonah the Prophet is Sept. 21. ... This anxious prophet tried to escape God’s request by boarding a ship headed to a faraway place called Tarshish. This plan, though, ...

Jonah decides to run away to Tarshish on a boat. While on the ship, other people realize they are being singled out for a tempest, for they can see that the storm is just around the boat, so they ...

The real story of Jonah and why we read it on Yom Kippur Oct 2, 2016, 7:29 AM Edit. ... (NOT Ashdod as currently advertised in Israel) where it found a ship that would take it to Tarshish.

The novel is divided into two sections, “Truth” and “Mercy,” the tension between which the Book of Jonah sits. The ancient prophet, after all, is given a commandment by God to warn ...

Jonah was running from God. Nineveh was about 550 miles east of Jonah but Tarshish was 2,500 miles west of him. Rather than go 550 miles in God’s will, Jonah decided to go 2,500 miles […] ...