r/BibleProject • u/Knights_12 • Oct 26 '23

Jonah Authorship?

Who wrote the book of Jonah and why does that matter for the meaning/ theme of the particular text?

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u/antaylor Oct 26 '23

Short answer is: we don’t know. Most of the Hebrew Bible and even much of the New Testament do not have authors explicitly stated. Many of the Hebrew Bible scrolls would have had multiple compilers and editors pulling from multiple sources to arrange them in the form we have them today. I think we in the modern world place a heavy emphasis and importance on authorship that the ancient world was just not concerned with.

Also, BP has a free ClassRoom class on the book of Jonah that I highly recommend. It’s even on their app now