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Jonah Q + R

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The Book of Jonah by Jessica Wise Men

The book of Jonah assumes you know some things about Nineveh and there are things you would have learned from reading the books of First and Second Kings. The Assyrians were the most militarized, violent conquest empire that the ancient world had ever seen on the largest scale. As an Israelite reader, an ancient Israelite reader would also sympathize with Jonah's hatred for Ninevites.

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