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The Reason that Motivated Jonah’s Escape
Date Issued
7 de agosto de 2020
Type
Article
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Volume
132
Issue
2
Series/Report No.
The Expository Times
Contained in
Expository Times
Start Page
71
End Page
76
ISSN
0014-5246
Abstract
The author of this research seeks to clarify what was the reason that motivated Jonah’s escape from his responsibility to give Nineveh the message of salvation. The methodology used response to the historical-grammatical method and belongs to the line of biblical-theological research, in which an exegesis of 4:1–3 is made. The results indicate that the reason why Jonah fled from his responsibility is that he considered that this mission was a waste of time and resources. He is sure that the warning he was going to provide would produce true but not lasting repentance in Nineveh, which would then return to his cruel and wild habits with the nations they will conquer.