Was Jonah Dead and Resurrected?

[surada]

Is that what the Jews believe or is that your own personal belief?

That's what they believe. It's literature for teaching a moral lesson and it's quite humorous.

 

[onefour1]

That's what they believe. It's literature for teaching a moral lesson and it's quite humorous.

Like I said in my previous post, Jesus believed that Jonas was a real person and Prophet and that is enough for me to know the truth of the matter.

 

[surada]

Like I said in my previous post, Jesus believed that Jonas was a real person and Prophet and that is enough for me to know the truth of the matter.

Jesus knew it was a comic novella about how God loves all his children.

 

[onefour1]

Jesus knew it was a comic novella about how God loves all his children.

So it is your belief that Jesus used a fictitious comic story to teach the truthfulness of his resurrection? I don't buy it. I also don't buy that all Jews believe it to be a fictitious story. Check out the following article:

What are the Jewish Perspectives on the Book of Jonah?​

There is no mention that it is a fictitious book.

 

[surada]

So it is your belief that Jesus used a fictitious comic story to teach the truthfulness of his resurrection? I don't buy it. I also don't buy that all Jews believe it to be a fictitious story. Check out the following article:

What are the Jewish Perspectives on the Book of Jonah?​

There is no mention that it is a fictitious book.

A Summary and Analysis of the Story of Jonah and the Whale

The Book of Jonah is one of the shorter, not to mention more hermeneutically challenging, books of the Old Testament: how should we analyse and interpret this strange tale of a prophet being swallo…

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