To my mind, there are three outstanding curiosities coming from the Book of Jonah:
1. why did the people of Nineveh obey Jonah’s call to repentance and
2. why did Jonah have such hatred for the Ninevites as to hope for their destruction?
3. What happens to Jonah at the end of the book of Jonah?
If we want to understand the story of Jonah, we should not begin with the book of Jonah, but rather the book of 2 Kings. Let’s begin….
Renewed 