- Following the experience of attempted flight is there a message to Jonah again?
- In sum, is the mandate to Jonah the same or other than it was originally?
- Jonah 3:3 indicates that Ninveh was a “small town” or a city of large numbers?
- If the city was one that was large enough to traverse only in three days and Jonah enters the city “one day’s worth” is his message being delivered in the center or heart of the community or elsewhere?
- Jonah advises that in forty days Ninveh will be destroyed; does he offer any palliative or any measure to avoid this destruction?
- What is the response of the Ninveh-ites and would that response indicate (over and above the specific text of Jonah 3:5) an attitude towards Jonah?
- Do the attempts of the Ninveh-ites at reversing the prediction limit themselves to the general populous or include the leadership?
- Is reference ever made elsewhere in Biblical text to mourning (repenting) on the part not only of people but of animals (Jonah 3:8)?
- In addition to crying out to Divinity, what other action do the people of Ninveh undertake?
- And in undertaking these actions they do so with what thesis (hope, expectation) in mind (Jonah 3:9)?
- As a matter of fact, according to Jonah 3:10, is their assumption correct and realized?
- Does the text address the question of how God could/would/does change Its mind?
- Does Jonah’s prophecy include other than the one sentence prediction of destruction?
