Study notes on the text of Jonah, with introduction to how Hebrew narrative works. This discussion of the poetics of Hebrew narrative is hypertext linked from the Jonah commentary, as are other explanations and detail. A study kit for the book of the prophet Jonah.
Centered on archaeological sites that relate to the Old Testament period. In practice this most often means the Iron Age. Arad - Canaanite city and Israelite fortress with a temple, Beersheva - city in the Negev, with the "patriarchs well", Carmel - Israel's fertile hill, Gezer - the city in the Shephelah that Pharoah gave Solomon as a wedding gift; Hazor - the richest city in Canaanite Galilee; Lachish - protecting Jerusalem from the South; Megiddo - Har Megiddo or Armageddon strategic city in Solomon's empire