The History of Jonah and the Whale

Some nantucketers rather distrust this historical story of jona and the whale. But then there were some skeptical greeks and romans who, standing out from the orthodox pagans of their times,. equally doubted the story of hercules and the whale and orion and the dolphin. And yet, their doubting those traditions did not make those traditions one whit the less. One old sag harbor whaleman's chief reason for questioning the hebrew story was that he had a quaint, old fashioned bibles embellished with curious, unscientific plates.