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=== Jesus on historicity of Jonah's sojourn ===
=== Jesus on historicity of Jonah's sojourn ===
According the the ''Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties'', Jesus completely accepted the facticity of Jonah's sojourn in the belly of a fish.<ref>{{hnb|Archer|1982}}</ref> For example, in the book of Matthew and Luke, Jesus stated that he would repeat the miracle of Jonah:
According the the ''Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties'', Jesus completely accepted the facticity of Jonah's sojourn in the belly of a fish.<ref>{{hnb|Archer|1982}}</ref> For example, in the book of Matthew and Luke, Jesus stated that he would repeat the miracle of Jonah:
{{cquote|MT <sup>12:39</sup> <nowiki>[Jesus]</nowiki> answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. <sup>40</sup> For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. <sup>41</sup> The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here..."<ref>{{hnb|Zondervan|2002}}, MT 12:39-41, see also MT 16:4, LK 11:29-32, </ref>}}
{{cquote|MT <sup>12:39</sup> <nowiki>[Jesus]</nowiki> answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. <sup>40</sup> For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. <sup>41</sup> The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here..."<ref>{{hnb|Zondervan|2002}}, MT 12:39-41, see also MT 16:4, LK 11:29-32, </ref>}}
=== Other Bible Commentators on Jonah ===
== Rabbinical Tradition ==
== Rabbinical Tradition ==
According to some rabbinical traditions, the great fish that swallowed Jonah had been created in the begining for the purpose of swallowing Jonah.<ref>{{hnb|Ref=CITEREFHirschBuddeSchechter2002|Hirsch, Budde, and Schechter|2002}}</ref> According to other traditions, the crew of the ship threw away their idols, sailed back to Joppa, went to Jerusalem, and submitted to circumcision, and became Jews.<ref>{{hnb|Ref=CITEREFHirschBuddeSchechter2002|Hirsch, Budde, and Schechter|2002}}</ref>
According to some rabbinical traditions, the great fish that swallowed Jonah had been created in the begining for the purpose of swallowing Jonah.<ref>{{hnb|Ref=CITEREFHirschBuddeSchechter2002|Hirsch, Budde, and Schechter|2002}}</ref> According to other traditions, the crew of the ship threw away their idols, sailed back to Joppa, went to Jerusalem, and submitted to circumcision, and became Jews.<ref>{{hnb|Ref=CITEREFHirschBuddeSchechter2002|Hirsch, Budde, and Schechter|2002}}</ref>
== Challenges from secular humanists, atheists, and agnostics ==
== Challenges from secular humanists, atheists, and agnostics ==