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subject	book bibliographic info
jonah	Bloch (2022) 122 Cain (2016) 148 Gera (2014) 157, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185, 198, 260, 262, 269, 338, 349, 392 Kraemer (2010) 173, 174 Kraemer (2020) 52, 55 König (2012) 313 Levine Allison and Crossan (2006) 14, 137, 206 O, Daly (2012) 221, 222, 223, 224 Toloni (2022) 48, 73
jonah, attitude of josephus toward	Feldman (2006) 515
jonah, book of	Toloni (2022) 11, 198, 211
jonah, children, in joel and	Gera (2014) 46, 47, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185, 189
jonah, during the enlightenment	Sneed (2022) 152
jonah, fraenkel	Klawans (2009) 305, 306, 307 Schremer (2010) 156
jonah, god-fearers, alleged reference to in	Feldman (2006) 516
jonah, invocation of death	Toloni (2022) 73
jonah, magi, the	Toloni (2022) 48
jonah, odysseus	Toloni (2022) 19, 23, 49, 51
jonah, omission in josephus’ version of book of that ninevites believed in god	Feldman (2006) 299
jonah, paul, apostle	Toloni (2022) 49
jonah, r.	Monnickendam (2020) 151
jonah, sign of	Sneed (2022) 147
jonah, simeon b., r.	Fishbane (2003) 358
jonah, swallowed by ketos	Sneed (2022) 146
jonah, telemachus	Toloni (2022) 23, 28, 57
jonah, tobiah	Toloni (2022) 7, 19, 20, 28, 29, 32, 43, 46, 48, 49, 50, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 69, 70, 98, 99, 129, 132, 140, 147, 148, 150, 151, 155
jonah, tobit	Toloni (2022) 71, 72, 140

List of validated texts:

8 validated results for "jonah"

1. Hebrew Bible, Jonah, 1.3, 4.8 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Jonah • invocation of death, Jonah

Found in books: Bloch (2022) 122; Gera (2014) 260; Toloni (2022) 73; Visnjic (2021) 204, 205

1.3. וַיָּקָם יוֹנָה לִבְרֹחַ תַּרְשִׁישָׁה מִלִּפְנֵי יְהוָה וַיֵּרֶד יָפוֹ וַיִּמְצָא אָנִיָּה בָּאָה תַרְשִׁישׁ וַיִּתֵּן שְׂכָרָהּ וַיֵּרֶד בָּהּ לָבוֹא עִמָּהֶם תַּרְשִׁישָׁה מִלִּפְנֵי יְהוָה׃
4.8. וַיְהִי כִּזְרֹחַ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וַיְמַן אֱלֹהִים רוּחַ קָדִים חֲרִישִׁית וַתַּךְ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ עַל־רֹאשׁ יוֹנָה וַיִּתְעַלָּף וַיִּשְׁאַל אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹ לָמוּת וַיֹּאמֶר טוֹב מוֹתִי מֵחַיָּי׃''. None

1.3. But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD; and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish, from the presence of the LORD.
4.8. And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said: ‘It is better for me to die than to live.’''. None

2. Hebrew Bible, 1 Samuel, 12.3 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Jonah

Found in books: Gera (2014) 198; Visnjic (2021) 204

12.3. הִנְנִי עֲנוּ בִי נֶגֶד יְהוָה וְנֶגֶד מְשִׁיחוֹ אֶת־שׁוֹר מִי לָקַחְתִּי וַחֲמוֹר מִי לָקַחְתִּי וְאֶת־מִי עָשַׁקְתִּי אֶת־מִי רַצּוֹתִי וּמִיַּד־מִי לָקַחְתִּי כֹפֶר וְאַעְלִים עֵינַי בּוֹ וְאָשִׁיב לָכֶם׃''. None

12.3. Behold, here I am: answer me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe with which to blind my eyes? and I will restore it you.''. None

3. Hebrew Bible, Judges, 9.7 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Jonah

Found in books: Cain (2016) 148; Levine Allison and Crossan (2006) 206

9.7. וַיַּגִּדוּ לְיוֹתָם וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיַּעֲמֹד בְּרֹאשׁ הַר־גְּרִזִים וַיִּשָּׂא קוֹלוֹ וַיִּקְרָא וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם שִׁמְעוּ אֵלַי בַּעֲלֵי שְׁכֶם וְיִשְׁמַע אֲלֵיכֶם אֱלֹהִים׃''. None

9.7. And when they told it to Yotam, he went and stood at the top of mount Gerizzim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said to them, Hearken to me, men of Shekhem, that God may hearken to you.''. None

4. None, None, nan (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Jonah • Jonah, Odysseus • Jonah, Paul (apostle) • Jonah, Tobiah

Found in books: Gera (2014) 338; Toloni (2022) 49

5. None, None, nan (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Jonah • children, in Joel and Jonah • invocation of death, Jonah

Found in books: Gera (2014) 185; Toloni (2022) 73

6. New Testament, Acts, 2.24-2.31 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Jonah

Found in books: Ruzer (2020) 131; Visnjic (2021) 377

2.24. ὃν ὁ θεὸς ἀνέστησεν λύσας τὰς ὠδῖνας τοῦ θανάτου, καθότι οὐκ ἦν δυνατὸν κρατεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ· 2.25. Δαυεὶδ γὰρ λέγει εἰς αὐτόν 2.26. 2.28. 2.29. Ἄνδρες ἀδελφοί, ἐξὸν εἰπεῖν μετὰ παρρησίας πρὸς ὑμᾶς περὶ τοῦ πατριάρχου Δαυείδ, ὅτι καὶ ἐτελεύτησεν καὶ ἐτάφη καὶ τὸ μνῆμα αὐτοῦ ἔστιν ἐν ἡμῖν ἄχρι τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης· 2.30. προφήτης οὖν ὑπάρχων, καὶ εἰδὼς ὅτι ὅρκῳ ὤμοσεν αὐτῷ ὁ θεὸςἐκ καρποῦ τῆς ὀσφύος αὐτοῦ καθίσαι ἐπὶ τὸν θρόνον αὐτοῦ, 2.31. προιδὼν ἐλάλησεν περὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ χριστοῦ ὅτι οὔτε ἐνκατελείφθη εἰς ᾄδην οὔτε ἡ σὰρξ αὐτοῦεἶδεν διαφθοράν.''. None

2.24. whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it. ' "2.25. For David says concerning him, 'I saw the Lord always before my face, For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved. " '2.26. Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced. Moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope; 2.27. Because you will not leave my soul in Hades, Neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay. ' "2.28. You made known to me the ways of life. You will make me full of gladness with your presence.' " '2.29. "Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. 2.30. Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, 2.31. he foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was his soul left in Hades, nor did his flesh see decay. ''. None

7. New Testament, Luke, 4.21 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Jonah

Found in books: Levine Allison and Crossan (2006) 14; Ruzer (2020) 131

4.21. ἤρξατο δὲ λέγειν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὅτι Σήμερον πεπλήρωται ἡ γραφὴ αὕτη ἐν τοῖς ὠσὶν ὑμῶν.''. None

4.21. He began to tell them, "Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."''. None

8. New Testament, Matthew, 12.40 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Jonah • Jonah, sign of

Found in books: Ruzer (2020) 131, 135, 163; Sneed (2022) 147; Visnjic (2021) 377

12.40. ὥσπερ γὰρ ἦν Ἰωνᾶς ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ τοῦ κήτους τρεῖς ἡμέρας καὶ τρεῖς νύκτας, οὕτως ἔσται ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ τῆς γῆς τρεῖς ἡμέρας καὶ τρεῖς νύκτας.''. None

12.40. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. ''. None

Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

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