Comments on: The Book of Jonah: God’s Compassion and Our Lack of Compassion http://sententias.org/2012/02/12/the-book-of-jonah-gods-compassion-and-our-lack-of-compassion/ Dialogues concerning philosophy, theology, and science. Wed, 22 May 2013 23:58:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Max Andrews http://sententias.org/2012/02/12/the-book-of-jonah-gods-compassion-and-our-lack-of-compassion/#comment-1249 Max Andrews Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:34:10 +0000 http://sententias.org/?p=1592#comment-1249 Indeed. I do enjoy noticing paradoxes in the Scriptures and how they serve meaninful purposes. Thanks for commenting Jeffrey. I hope you stick around and provide more feedback!

]]> By: Jeffrey Pinyan http://sententias.org/2012/02/12/the-book-of-jonah-gods-compassion-and-our-lack-of-compassion/#comment-1248 Jeffrey Pinyan Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:18:59 +0000 http://sententias.org/?p=1592#comment-1248 I like the contradictions between God’s call to Jonah and Jonah’s response to the call:

Jonah went from Geth-hepher to Joppa, a port city, to flee to Tarshish. Joppa is to the south of Geth-hepher, and Tarshish is to the west. Nineveh is to the north and east of Israel.

The trip to Tarshish was over water; the journey to Nineveh would be over land.

Jonah stowed away with a crowd; Jonah was called to go to Nineveh alone.

Jonah’s acts were a sign of direct contradiction to the will of God.

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