I found this article laying around on the counter-top this morning... I thought I'd share a snippet. :)
The Book of Jonah is a funny story of a man whose life is a textbook example of how not to be a prophet. The pouting prophet ran away from God. On board a ship, he slept soundly while the real sailors were terrified of a storm. After he was thrown overboard, swallowed up by a great fish, and suddenly found himself on land, Jonah took God's message to the Ninevites and they listend to him. He should have been happy; but instead, he became angry.
There is much comedy here. We can imagine how glad that fish was to get rid of Jonah. What about the humorous image of animals in sackcloth? (3:8). Even the end is comic. After Jonah pouted under a bust that withered and died, God responded to his self-righteous indignation (4:9-11).
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