Editing Jonah (section)

==Religious views==
===In Judaism===
{{See also|Jonah in rabbinic literature}}
[[File:Kennicott Bible 305r.l.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Illustration of Jonah being swallowed by the fish from the [[Kennicott Bible]], folio 305r (1476), in the [[Bodleian Library]], Oxford]]
The Book of Jonah (Yonah יונה) is one of the twelve [[minor prophets]] included in the Hebrew Bible. According to one tradition, Jonah was the boy brought back to life by [[Elijah]] the prophet in 1 Kings.<ref>{{bibleverse||1 Kings|17|9}}</ref>{{sfn|Green|2005|pages=126–127}} Another tradition holds that he was the son of the [[woman of Shunem]] brought back to life by [[Elisha]] in 2 Kings<ref>{{bibleverse|2 Kings|4|9}}</ref>{{sfn|Green|2005|page=127}} and that he is called the "son of [[Amittai]]" (''Truth'') due to his mother's recognition of Elijah's identity as a prophet in 1 Kings.<ref>{{bibleverse|1 Kings|17:24|9}}</ref>{{sfn|Green|2005|page=127}} The Book of Jonah is read every year, in its original Hebrew and in its entirety, on [[Yom Kippur]] – the Day of Atonement – as the [[Haftarah]] at the afternoon [[mincha]] prayer.{{sfn|Mirsky|1990|page=354}}{{sfn|Isaacs|2006|page=65}} According to [[Rabbi Eliezer]], the fish that swallowed Jonah was created in the primordial era{{sfn|Green|2005|page=128}} and the inside of its mouth was like a [[synagogue]];{{sfn|Green|2005|page=128}} the fish's eyes were like windows{{sfn|Green|2005|page=128}} and a pearl inside its mouth provided further illumination.{{sfn|Green|2005|page=128}}

According to the [[Midrash]], while Jonah was inside the fish, the fish told him that its life was nearly over because soon the [[Leviathan]] would eat them both.{{sfn|Green|2005|page=128}} Jonah promised the fish that he would save them.{{sfn|Green|2005|page=128}} Following Jonah's directions, the fish swam up alongside the Leviathan{{sfn|Green|2005|page=128}} and Jonah threatened to leash the Leviathan by its tongue and let the other fish eat it.{{sfn|Green|2005|page=128}} The Leviathan heard Jonah's threats, saw that he was [[circumcised]], and realized that he was protected by the [[God in Judaism|Lord]],{{sfn|Green|2005|page=128}} so it fled in terror, leaving Jonah and the fish alive.{{sfn|Green|2005|page=128}} 

The medieval Jewish scholar and rabbi [[Abraham ibn Ezra]] (1092–1167) argued against any literal interpretation of the Book of Jonah,{{sfn|Gaines|2003|page=20}} stating that the "experiences of all the prophets except Moses were visions, not actualities."{{sfn|Gaines|2003|page=20}} The later scholar [[Isaac Abarbanel]] (1437–1509), however, argued that Jonah could have easily survived in the belly of the fish for three days,{{sfn|Gaines|2003|page=18}} because "after all, fetuses live nine months without access to fresh air."{{sfn|Gaines|2003|pages=18–19}}

[[Repentance in Judaism|Teshuva]] – the ability to repent and be forgiven by God – is a prominent idea in Jewish thought. This concept is developed in the Book of Jonah: Jonah, the son of truth (the name of his father "Amitai" in Hebrew means ''truth''), refuses to ask the people of [[Nineveh]] to repent. He seeks the truth only, and not forgiveness. When forced to go, his call is heard loud and clear, and the people of Nineveh repent ecstatically, "fasting, including the sheep", and the Jewish text is critical of this.<ref>{{cite book|title=Babylonian Talmud|chapter=Sanhedrin|at=61a}}.</ref> The Book of Jonah also highlights the sometimes unstable relationship between two religious needs: comfort and truth.<ref>Bashevkin, Dovid. [http://www.thelehrhaus.com/timely-thoughts/2016/9/29/jonah-and-the-varieties-of-religious-motivation-a-religious-educators-perspective-on-why-people-become-religious "Jonah and the Varieties of Religious Motivation."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012155807/http://www.thelehrhaus.com/timely-thoughts/2016/9/29/jonah-and-the-varieties-of-religious-motivation-a-religious-educators-perspective-on-why-people-become-religious|date=12 October 2016}} ''Lehrhaus''.  9 October 2016.  11 October 2016.</ref>

Twelfth-century Jewish rabbi and explorer [[Petachiah of Regensburg]] visited Jonah's tomb during his visit to the Holy Land, and wrote: "There is a beautiful palace built over it. Near it is a pleasure garden wherein all kinds of fruit are found. The keeper of the pleasure garden is a Gentile. Nevertheless, when Gentiles come there he gives them no fruit, but when Jews come he gives them a friendly reception, saying, Jonah, son of Amittai, was a Jew, therefore it is due to you to partake of what is his, and then gives to the Jews to eat thereof." Petachiah did not provide details about the exact location of the tomb.<ref>Travels of Rabbi Petachia of Ratisbon, p. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120415052054/http://www.teachittome.com/seforim2/seforim/travels_of_rabbi_pesachia_of_regensburg.pdf 59]</ref>

'''In the Book of Tobit'''

Jonah is mentioned twice in the fourteenth chapter of the [[Codex Vaticanus|Vaticanus]] version of [[Deuterocanonical books|deuterocanonical]] [[Book of Tobit]],{{sfn|Bredin|2006|pages=47–50}} the conclusion of which finds Tobit's son, Tobias, rejoicing at the news of Nineveh's destruction by [[Nebuchadnezzar]] and [[Ahasuerus]] in apparent fulfillment of Jonah's prophecy against the Assyrian capital.{{sfn|Bredin|2006|pages=47–50}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ebible.org/eng-Brenton/TOB14.htm | title=Brenton Septuagint Translation Tobit 14 }}</ref> The [[Codex Sinaiticus]] version of the book, which is longer and aligns more closely with the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]], refers to [[Nahum]] instead of Jonah, as well as [[Cyaxares]] instead of Nebuchadnezzar and Ahasuerus.{{sfn|Grabbe|2003|p=736}} This more reliable version of the story is the basis for most modern translations.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bible.usccb.org/bible/tobit/14 | title=Tobit, CHAPTER 14 &#124; USCCB }}</ref>

===In Christianity===
[[File:Last Judgement (Michelangelo) - Jonah and Jesus.jpg|thumb|In his fresco ''[[The Last Judgment (Michelangelo)|The Last Judgment]]'', Michelangelo depicted Christ below Jonah (IONAS) to qualify the prophet as his precursor.]]
[[File:Biblia.pauperum.jpg|thumb|Christ rises from the tomb, alongside Jonah spit onto the beach.]]
====In the New Testament====
In the [[New Testament]], Jonah is mentioned in the gospels of [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]]<ref>{{bibleverse||Matthew|12:38–41|9}} and {{bibleverse-nb||Matthew|16:4|9}}</ref> and [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]].<ref>{{bibleverse||Luke|11:29–32|9}}</ref>{{sfn|Limburg|1993|page=39}} In Matthew, [[Jesus]] makes a reference to Jonah when he is asked for a sign by some of the [[Scribe|scribes]] and the [[Pharisees]].{{sfn|Stein|1994|page=3}}{{sfn|Sanders|1993|page=167}} Jesus says that the sign will be the [[Typology (theology)#Example of Jonah|sign of Jonah]]:{{sfn|Stein|1994|page=3}}{{sfn|Sanders|1993|page=167}} Jonah's restoration after three days and three night inside the great fish prefigures [[Resurrection of Jesus|his own resurrection]].{{sfn|Stein|1994|page=3}}
{{Blockquote|<sup>39</sup>He answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a 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 something greater than Jonah is here."|Gospel of Matthew, 12:39–41<ref>{{Bibleref2|Matthew|12:39–41|NIV}}</ref> ([[New International Version]])}}

In Luke, [[Jesus]] makes a reference to Jonah in an eschatological prophecy, after a woman in the crowd suddenly exclaims, "Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked" (Luke 11:27 - King James Version):

{{Blockquote|<sup>29</sup>And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, "This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. <sup>30</sup>For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. <sup>31</sup>The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. <sup>32</sup>The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. <sup>33</sup>No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. <sup>34</sup>The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. <sup>35</sup>Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. <sup>36</sup>If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light."|Gospel of Luke, 11:29–36<ref>{{Bibleref2|Luke|11:29–36|KJV}}</ref> ([[King James Version]])}}

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Jonah is regarded as a saint by a number of Christian denominations. His feast day in the [[Roman Catholic church|Roman Catholic Church]] is on 21 September, according to the ''[[Roman Martyrology|Martyrologium Romanum]]''.<ref name="MR"/> On the [[Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar]], Jonah's feast day is on 22 September (for those churches which follow the traditional [[Julian calendar]]; 22 September currently falls in October on the modern [[Gregorian calendar]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Lives of all saints commemorated on September 22 |url=https://oca.org/saints/all-lives/2017/09/22 |publisher=Orthodox Church in America |date=22 September 2017|access-date=13 March 2018}}</ref> In the [[Armenian Apostolic Church]], moveable feasts are held in commemoration of Jonah as a single prophet and as one of the [[Twelve Minor Prophets]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Commemoration of the Prophet Jonah |url=http://armenianchurch.ge/en/component/content/article/36-february/80-prophetjonah |publisher=Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Holy Church in Georgia|access-date=13 March 2018 |archive-date=14 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314104527/http://armenianchurch.ge/en/component/content/article/36-february/80-prophetjonah |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Commemoration of the 12 Minor Prophets |url=http://armenianchurch.ge/en/component/content/article/41-july/127-12minorprophets |publisher=Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Holy Church in Georgia|access-date=13 March 2018 |archive-date=14 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314042956/http://armenianchurch.ge/en/component/content/article/41-july/127-12minorprophets |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Commemoration Day of the 12 Minor Prophets. 24 July 2018|url=http://ststepanos.org/calendar/commemoration-day-of-the-12-minor-prophets/2018-07-24/|publisher=Saint Stepanos Armenian Apostolic Church of Elberon in New Jersey|access-date=13 March 2018|archive-date=14 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314042752/http://ststepanos.org/calendar/commemoration-day-of-the-12-minor-prophets/2018-07-24/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jonah's mission to the Ninevites is commemorated by the [[Fast of Nineveh]] in [[Syriac Christianity|Syriac]] and [[Oriental Orthodoxy|Oriental Orthodox]] Churches.<ref name=SycOrth>{{cite web|title=Three day fast of Nineveh |url=http://sor.cua.edu/Feast/NinevehFast.html |publisher=Syriac Orthodox Resources|date=8 February 1998|access-date=12 March 2018}}</ref> Jonah is commemorated as a prophet in the [[Calendar of Saints (Lutheran)|Calendar of Saints]] of the [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod|Missouri Synod of the Lutheran Church]] on 22 September.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Commemoration of Jonah, Prophet, 22 September |url=https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Lutheran+Church+Missouri+Synod%22%22The+Commemoration+of+Jonah,+Prophet,+22+September%22 |publisher=Concordia and Koinonia|access-date=13 March 2018}}</ref>

[[Christian theology|Christian theologians]] have traditionally interpreted Jonah as a [[Typology (theology)|type]] for Jesus Christ.{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|pages=11–20}} Jonah being in swallowed by the giant fish was regarded as a foreshadowing of [[Crucifixion of Jesus|Jesus's crucifixion]]{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|pages=11–13}} and Jonah emerging from the fish after three days was seen as a parallel for Jesus emerging from the tomb after three days.{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|pages=11–13}} [[Saint Jerome]] equates Jonah with Jesus's more [[nationalism|nationalistic]] side,{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|page=20}} and justifies Jonah's actions by arguing that "Jonah acts thus as a patriot, not so much that he hates the Ninevites, as that he does not want to destroy his own people."{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|page=20}}

====Post-Biblical views====
[[File:Jonah.jpg|thumb|left|[[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox]] [[icon]] of Jonah, 16th century ([[Iconostasis]] of [[Kizhi]] [[monastery]], [[Karelia]], Russia)]]
Other Christian interpreters, including [[Saint Augustine]] and [[Martin Luther]], have taken a directly opposite approach,{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|pages=23–25}} regarding Jonah as the epitome of envy and jealousness, which they regarded as inherent characteristics of the Jewish people.{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|page=25}} Luther likewise concludes that the ''kikayon'' (plant) represents Judaism,{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|pages=23–24}} and that the worm which devours it represents Christ.{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|page=24}} Luther also questioned the idea that the Book of Jonah was ever intended as literal history,{{sfn|Gaines|2003|page=19}} commenting that he found it hard to believe that anyone would have interpreted it as such if it were not in the Bible.{{sfn|Gaines|2003|page=19}} Luther's [[antisemitic]] interpretation of Jonah remained the prevailing interpretation among German Protestants throughout early modern history.{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|pages=24–26}} [[J. D. Michaelis]] comments that "the meaning of the fable hits you right between the eyes",{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|page=25}} and concludes that the Book of Jonah is a polemic against "the Israelite people's hate and envy towards all the other nations of the earth."{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|page=25}} [[Albert Eichhorn]] was a strong supporter of Michaelis's interpretation.{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|pages=25–26}}

[[John Calvin]] and [[John Hooper (bishop)|John Hooper]] regarded the Book of Jonah as a warning to all those who might attempt to flee from the wrath of God.{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|pages=32–33}} While Luther had been careful to maintain that the Book of Jonah was not written by Jonah,{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|page=33}} Calvin declared that the Book of Jonah was Jonah's personal confession of guilt.{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|page=33}} Calvin sees Jonah's time inside the fish's belly as equivalent to the fires of [[Hell]], intended to correct Jonah and set him on the path of righteousness.{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|pages=34–36}} Also, unlike Luther, Calvin finds fault with all the characters in the story,{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|page=33}} describing the sailors on the boat as "hard and iron-hearted, like [[Cyclopes|Cyclops']]",{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|page=33}} the penitence of the Ninevites as "untrained",{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|page=33}} and the king of Nineveh as a "novice".{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|page=33}} Hooper, on the other hand, sees Jonah as the [[archetype|archetypal]] [[dissident]]{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|pages=39–40}} and the ship he is cast out from as a symbol of the state.{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|pages=39–40}} Hooper deplores such dissidents,{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|pages=39–40}} decrying: "Can you live quietly with so many Jonasses? Nay then, throw them into the sea!"{{sfn|Sherwood|2000|page=40}} In the eighteenth century, German professors were forbidden from teaching that the Book of Jonah was anything other than a literal, historical account.{{sfn|Gaines|2003|page=19}}

===In Islam===
[[File:Jonah and the Whale, Folio from a Jami al-Tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles).jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Jonah and the giant fish in the ''[[Jami' al-tawarikh]]'' (c. 1400), [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]]]{{Main|Jonah in Islam}}
{{Islamic prophets|Prophets in the Quran}}

====Quran====
Jonah ({{langx|ar|يُونُس|Yūnus}}) is the title of [[Yunus (surah)|the tenth chapter]] of the [[Quran]]. Yūnus is traditionally viewed as highly important in [[Islam]] as a [[Prophets and messengers in Islam|prophet]] who was [[faithful in Islam|faithful]] to [[God in Islam|God]] and delivered His messages. Jonah is the only one of [[Judaism]]'s Twelve Minor Prophets to be named in the Quran.<ref name="Islam, pg. 348" /> In [[Quran 21:87]]<ref>{{qref|21|87|b=y}}</ref> and [[Quran 68:48|68:48]], Jonah is called Dhul-Nūn ({{langx|ar|ذُو ٱلنُّوْن|links=no}}; meaning "The One of the Fish").{{sfn|Vicchio|2008|page=67}} In 4:163 and 6:86, he is referred to as "an apostle of Allah".{{sfn|Vicchio|2008|page=67}} Surah 37:139–148 retells the full story of Jonah:{{sfn|Vicchio|2008|page=67}}

{{Blockquote|And verily, Jonah was among the messengers.<br>[Mention] when he ran away to the laden ship.<br>Then (to save it from sinking) he drew straws (with other passengers). He lost and was thrown overboard.<br>Then the whale engulfed him while he was blameworthy.<br>Had it not been that he (repented and) glorified Allah,<br>He would certainly have remained inside the Fish till the [[Last Judgment|Day of Resurrection]].<br>But We cast him onto the open (shore), (totally) worn out,<br>and caused a squash plant to grow over him.<br>We (later) sent him (back) to (his city of) at least one hundred thousand people,<br>And they believed, so We allowed them enjoyment for a while.|{{qref|37|139|c=y}}}}

The Quran never mentions Jonah's father,{{sfn|Vicchio|2008|page=67}} but [[Muslim]] tradition teaches that Jonah was from the [[tribe of Benjamin]] and that his father was [[Amittai]].<ref name="Islam, pg. 348">''Encyclopedia of Islam'', ''Yunus'', pg. 348</ref>

====Hadiths====
[[File:Jonah and the fish Jeremiah in wilderness Uzeyr awakened after the destruction of Jerusalem.JPG|thumb|250px|left|Jonah trying to hide his nakedness in the midst of bushes; [[Jeremiah]] in the wilderness (top left); [[Uzeyr]] awakened after the destruction of Jerusalem. ''[[Zubdat al-Tawarikh]]'', Ottoman miniature, 1583.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Turkish Treasures Culture /Art / Tourism Magazine|year=1978|url=http://kilyos.ee.bilkent.edu.tr/~history/Ext/Zubdat.html|author=G’nsel Renda|title=The Miniatures of the Zubdat Al- Tawarikh|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160904220500/http://kilyos.ee.bilkent.edu.tr/~history/Ext/Zubdat.html|archive-date=4 September 2016}}</ref>]]

Jonah is also mentioned in a few incidents during the lifetime of [[Muhammad in Islam|Muhammad]]. [[Quraysh]] sent their servant, [[Addas]], to serve him grapes for sustenance.<ref name=":1" /> Muhammad asked Addas where he was from and the servant replied Nineveh. "The town of Jonah the just, son of [[Amittai]]!" Muhammad exclaimed. Addas was shocked because he knew that the pagan Arabs had no knowledge of the prophet Jonah.<ref name=":1" /> He then asked how Muhammad knew of this man. "We are brothers", Muhammad replied. "Jonah was a Prophet of God and I, too, am a Prophet of God." Addas immediately accepted Islam and kissed the hands and feet of Muhammad.<ref name=":1">Summarized from ''The Life of the Prophet'' by [[Ibn Hisham]] Volume 1 pp. 419–421</ref>

One of the sayings attributed to Muhammad, in the collection of [[Imam Bukhari]], says that Muhammad said "One should not say that I am better than Jonah".<ref>{{Refhadith|bukhari|3395|b=yl}}</ref>{{sfn|Wheeler|2002|page=172}}{{sfn|Graham|1977|page=167}}{{sfn|Vicchio|2008|page=73}}  Umayya ibn Abi al-Salt, an older contemporary of Muhammad, taught that, had Jonah not prayed to Allah, he would have remained trapped inside the fish until Judgement Day,{{sfn|Vicchio|2008|page=73}} but, because of his prayer, Jonah "stayed only a few days within the belly of the fish".{{sfn|Vicchio|2008|page=73}}

The ninth-century Persian historian [[Al-Tabari]] records that, while Jonah was inside the fish, "none of his bones or members were injured".{{sfn|Vicchio|2008|page=73}} Al-Tabari also writes that Allah made the body of the fish transparent, allowing Jonah to see the "wonders of the deep"{{sfn|Vicchio|2008|page=74}} and that Jonah heard all the fish singing praises to Allah.{{sfn|Vicchio|2008|page=74}} [[Kisai Marvazi]], a tenth-century poet, records that Jonah's father was seventy years old when Jonah was born{{sfn|Vicchio|2008|page=73}} and that he died soon afterwards,{{sfn|Vicchio|2008|page=73}} leaving Jonah's mother with nothing but a wooden spoon, which turned out to be a [[cornucopia]].{{sfn|Vicchio|2008|page=73}}

===={{anchor|Tomb at Nineveh}}Claimed tombs====
[[File:Ruins of the Mosque of Yunus.png|thumb|Photograph of the ruins of the mosque of Yunus, following its destruction by ISIL]]
{{See also|Mosques and shrines of Mosul#Mosque_of_the_Prophet_Jonah}}
[[Nineveh]]'s current 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com:443/maps?q=%22Al-Nabi+Yunus%22+OR+hill+OR+gate+OR+wall+loc:+Mosul,+Iraq&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sll=37.6,-95.665&sspn=36.011613,56.337891&t=h&hq=%22Al-Nabi+Yunus%22+OR+hill+OR+gate+OR+wall&hnear=Mosul,+N%C4%ABnaw%C4%81,+Iraq&z=13 |title=Link to Google map with Nineveh markers at gates, wall sections, hills and mosque|publisher=Goo.gl|date=19 March 2013|access-date=29 June 2014}}</ref> A [[mosque]] atop Nabi Yunus was dedicated to the prophet Jonah and contained a shrine, which was revered by both Muslims and Christians as the site of Jonah's tomb.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/07/25/ISIS-destroys-tombs-of-two-prophets-in-Mosul.html|title=ISIS destroys 'Jonah's tomb' in Mosul|date=25 July 2014|publisher=[[Al Arabiya]]|access-date=28 July 2014|quote=The radical Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group has destroyed shrines belonging to two prophets, highly revered by both Christians and Muslims, in the northern city of Mosul, al-Sumaria News reported Thursday. "ISIS militants have destroyed the Prophet Younis (Jonah) shrine east of Mosul city after they seized control of the mosque completely," a security source, who kept his identity anonymous, told the Iraq-based al-Sumaria News.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727203131/http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2014/07/25/ISIS-destroys-tombs-of-two-prophets-in-Mosul.html|archive-date=27 July 2014}}</ref> The tomb was a popular pilgrimage site{{sfn|Samuel|Farhan|Lawandow|2017}} and a symbol of unity to Jews, Christians, and Muslims across the Middle East.{{sfn|Samuel|Farhan|Lawandow|2017}} On July 24, 2014, the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL) destroyed the mosque containing the tomb as part of a campaign to destroy religious sanctuaries it deemed to be [[Idolatry|idolatrous]].{{sfn|Ford|Tawfeeq|2014}}{{sfn|Samuel|Farhan|Lawandow|2017}} After [[Mosul]] was taken back from ISIL in January 2017, an ancient Assyrian palace built by [[Esarhaddon]] dating to around the first half of the 7th century BCE was discovered beneath the ruined mosque.{{sfn|Samuel|Farhan|Lawandow|2017}}{{sfn|Ensor|2017}} ISIL had plundered the palace of items to sell on the [[black market]],{{sfn|Samuel|Farhan|Lawandow|2017}}{{sfn|Ensor|2017}} but some of the artifacts that were more difficult to transport still remained in place.{{sfn|Samuel|Farhan|Lawandow|2017}}{{sfn|Ensor|2017}}

Other reputed locations of Jonah's tomb include:
* the [[Israeli Arabs|Arab]] village of [[Mashhad, Israel|Mashhad]], located on the ancient site of [[Gath-hepher]] in [[Israel]];{{sfn|Limburg|1993|page=39}} 
* the Nabi Yunis mosque of the [[State of Palestine|Palestinian]] town of [[Halhul]], in the [[West Bank]], {{convert|5|km|abbr=on}} north of [[Hebron]], was purportedly built over Jonah's tomb;{{sfn|Friedman|2006|page=64}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Halhoul |url=https://www.travelpalestine.ps/en/article/50/Halhoul|access-date=8 January 2023|website=www.travelpalestine.ps}}</ref> 
* a sanctuary near the city of Sarafand ([[Sarepta]]) in [[Lebanon]];{{sfn|Costa|2013|page=97}} 
* a hill now called Giv'at Yonah, "Jonah's Hill", at the northern edge of the Israeli town of [[Ashdod]], at a site covered by a modern lighthouse;
* a "tomb of Jonah" in the city of [[Diyarbakır|Diyarbakir]], Turkey, located behind the [[mihrab]] at [[:tr:Fatih Paşa Camisi|Fatih Pasha Mosque]]<ref>Talha Ugurluel, ''Dünyaya Hükmeden Sultan Kanuni: Gerçeklerin Anlatıldığı Bir Tarih Kitabı'', Timas, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://wowturkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=113242 Hz. Yunus ve Diyabakir] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613122436/http://wowturkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=113242|date=13 June 2021}} ''WowTurkey''. Posted 16 August 2011.</ref> – [[Evliya Çelebi]] states in his ''[[Seyahatname]]'' that he visited the tombs of prophet Jonah and prophet [[Saint George|George]] in the city.<ref>[https://docplayer.biz.tr/20638287-Evliya-celebi-nin-seyahatname-sinde-diyarbakir-diyarbakir-in-evliya-celebi-s-seyahatname.html EVLİYA ÇELEBİ’NİN SEYAHATNAME’SİNDE DİYARBAKIR (Turkish)]</ref><ref>[https://www.tigrishaber.com/evliya-celebi-diyarbakirda-521yy.htm EVLİYA ÇELEBİ DİYARBAKIR’DA (Turkish)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613121442/https://www.tigrishaber.com/evliya-celebi-diyarbakirda-521yy.htm|date=13 June 2021}} ''TigrisHaber''. Posted 22 July 2014.</ref>