Jonah
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Jonah or Jonas was a Jewish prophet from Gath-hepher in the Northern Kingdom of Israel around the 8th century BCE according to the Hebrew Bible. He is the central figure of the Book of Jonah, one of t
Jonah Preaching to the Ninevites (1866) by Gustave Doré, in La Grande Bible de Tours
Jonah Cast Forth by the Whale (1874) by Gustave Doré
Illustration of Jonah being swallowed by the fish from the Kennicott Bible, folio 305r (1476), in the Bodleian Library, Oxford
In his fresco The Last Judgment, Michelangelo depicted Christ below Jonah (IONAS) to qualify the prophet as his precursor.
Al-Nabi Yunus Mosque
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Al-Nabi Yunus Mosque, also known as the Mosque of the Prophet Jonah, and the Shrine of Nabi Yunis, was a historic Sunni congregational mosque and shrine, partially destroyed in 2014, that was located
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…location is marked by excavations of five gates, parts of walls on four sides, and two large mounds: the hill of Kuyunjik and hill of Nabi Yunus. The Al-Nabi Yunus Mosque resting upon Nabi Yunus was dedicated to the prophet Jonah and contained a shrine, which was revered by both Muslims and Christians as the site of…
The destroyed mosque and shrine in 2019
The complex in 1932.
The mosque and shrine in 2011, prior to its 2014 demolition by ISIL
The mosque and shrine in 1999