The story of Jonah employs all the major motifs of the theme of the chaos dragon: chaotic waters, a servant of God who rebels against him, and a great sea monster. But the story doesn't call it a sea monster—the story calls it a great fish! Join Tim and Jon as they discuss Jonah, thrown into the deep abyss and swallowed up by death, and the reality that even the belly of the beast is no match for Yahweh.

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Timestamps

Part one (00:00-11:21)
Part two (11:21-28:00)
Part three (28:00-45:04)
Part four (45:04-58:59)

Referenced Resources

Jonah (Brazos Theological Commentary), Philip Cary
Berit Olam: Twelve Prophets: Volume I: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Marvin A. Sweeney
Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon by Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott
The Iliad, Homer
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Show Music

“Defender (Instrumental)” by TENTS
All music breaks are from “Lay Them Straight” by Everett Patterson with additional sound design by Tyler Bailey

Show produced by Cooper Peltz with Associate Producer Lindsey Ponder, Lead Editor Dan Gummel, and Editors Tyler Bailey and Frank Garza. Mixed by Tyler Bailey. Podcast annotations for the BibleProject app by Hannah Woo.

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