But as reluctant a prophet as Jonah was, his purported tomb in Mosul, Iraq, is a holy site for Muslims — even though it’s not likely the final resting place of a man purported to live in a ...

Yonah is a strange prophet, and Sefer Yonah (the Book of Jonah) a strange book. The theme of repentance nominates it for being read on Yom Kippur, but it has less to say about repentance than it ...