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Author: Possibly Jonah
Date written: Circa 760 BC.
Location written in: Likely Israel (the northern Kingdom)
Genre: Prophecy and narrative
Other notes:
The Book of Jonah is revered as holy by Jews and Christians.
It is the 33rd book of the Bible.
The Book of Jonah is unique because it is mostly a narrative in style.
The Prophet Jonah is also mentioned briefly in 2 Kings 14: 23-29 as having prophesied that the Israelite King Jeroboam the Second would restore the borders of Israel to Lebo Hamath (in western Syria) to the Dead Sea.
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