Some archeo-astrologers speculate (calculate?) that there was indeed a total solar eclipse in Ninevah during the time of Jonah's mission there.
Was there? Is this the sign of Jonah?
Many modern-day (and self-appointed) prophets are making a big deal about the path of this eclipse next month-- and the idea that it slashes a path through 7 US cities called Ninevah.
Here's an article that was written before the hype hit maximum force.
Was there? Is this the sign of Jonah?
Many modern-day (and self-appointed) prophets are making a big deal about the path of this eclipse next month-- and the idea that it slashes a path through 7 US cities called Ninevah.
Here's an article that was written before the hype hit maximum force.
Jonah And The Eclipse In Ancient Nineveh
examines the idea that the dramatic repentance of Nineveh in Jonah 3:1-10 may have been galvanized by a total solar eclipse datable to June 15, 763 BCE.
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