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Homework Sheet #A
#09 Comprehensive Book Analysis
Book Survey
Book: Jonah
Date: Number of Times Read: Seven
Principal Personalities:
Jonah (the author). He is a Jewish believer.
The Lord.
Mariners who believed in a variety of gods.
The shipmaster.
The Gentile people of Nineveh.
King of Nineveh.
Historical Setting:
Nineveh was a Gentile city. It was very prosperous and the size of three days journeyin circumference. It was a great trading center and the capital of Assyria. Assyria wasIsraels enemy.
Purpose:
The book records the experiences of being outside of Gods will in disobedience,pride, and hate.
Then there are the experiences of surrendering ones self to the obedience of God.The book is an object lesson to the Israelites that were supposed to be a light to theGentiles.
Themes:
A persons relationship to God and Gods long-suffering mercy to man.
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Literary Style:
A condensed narration in story form.
Key Words:
“presence of the Lord” 1:3, 10
“anger”, “angry” 4:1,2,4,9
Additional personalities:
Nobles of Nineveh
Geography:
Nineveh = 120,000 + population
Located on the Tigris River, the capital of Assyria.
From Joppa on the coast of Israel to Tarshish in Spain is the opposite direction fromGods call.
Homework Sheet #B
Comprehensive Book Analysis
Book Survey
Overview:
God called Jonah to go to Nineveh to preach to the Gentiles. Jonah disobeyed and wentin the opposite direction aboard a ship. A storm came up and it was determined that theperilous situation was due to Jonah running from God. The crew threw Jonah overboard andGod caused Jonah to be swallowed by a large fish. Jonah repented and called out to God, soGod caused the fish to vomit Jonah on shore. Jonah obeyed God and went to Nineveh wherethe King and the whole city repented of their sins and believed in God. God did not thendestroy the city which made Jonah angry for they were enemies of the Jews. Jonah isolatedhimself from the city in his anger and God showed him, by way of a worm and a gourd, thatGods mercy is great and longsuffering toward his wayward creation, man.
