How Big Was Nineveh? Literal versus Figurative Interpretation of City Size
This article examines the incongruity between most modern translations of Jonah 3:3 and ancient textual and archaeological evidence concerning the size of Nineveh. Every modern solution intended to reconcile a literal rendering of the description in Jonah 3:3 with ancient evidence fails. However, re...
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Eisenbrauns
2008
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Bulletin for biblical research
Year: 2008, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 193-207 |
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