RT Article
T1 Who was the ‘King of Nineveh’ in Jonah 3:6?
JF Tyndale bulletin
VO 47
IS 2
SP 301
OP 314
A1 Ferguson, Paul
LA English
YR 1996
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/193814404X
AB This article seeks to show the title ‘king of Nineveh’ is not an anachronism. Comparison with Aramaic use of the north-west Semitic mlk, important in a north Israelite context, may suggest that a city or provincial official might have been under consideration. Cuneiform evidence seems to suggest that no distinction is made between city and province in designating a governor. Common custom was to give provincial capitals the same name as the province. This could explain the fact that the book of Jonah says the ‘city’ was a three day walk (3:3).
K1 Ancient Near East
K1 nineveh
K1 jonah
K1 Minor Prophets
K1 Prophets
K1 Old Testament
DO 10.53751/001c.30361