Description
On the lookout for Jonah offers a fresh, eclectic, and certainly imaginative method to interpreting probably the most famous stories in all of literature. The writer, a lifelong Bible scholar, applies evidence from Hebrew and Assyrian history and etymology, together with scientific and archeological discoveries. The writer concludes that Jonah was once a state-sponsored evangelist and diplomat, acting on behalf of an official cult in Bethel. He was once sent to Nineveh in Assyria to make alliance with a insurrection faction that was once friendly to Israel. On this he succeeded, and altered history.