Iran-Persia: Jonah rescued from the belly of the whale, helped by an angel. Rashid al-Din, c. 1300

Jonah (Hebrew: ??????, Modern Yona Tiberian Yôna; dove; Arabic: ?????, Yunus or ?????, Yunan; Greek/Latin: Ionas) is the name given in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh/Old Testament) to a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BC, the eponymous central character in the Book of Jonah, famous for being swallowed by a fish or a whale, depending on translation. The Biblical story of Jonah is repeated in the Qur'an, where Jonah is identified as Yunus or Yunan.

ANCIEN TESTAMENT • ANGE • ANGEL • ANGES • ANT. OR.: IRAN • ART (CATÉGORIE) • ART PERSAN • ART • ART, PEINTURE • ASIE • ASIE, CONTINENT • BALEINE • BIBLE AT • BIBLE • CHRÉTIEN • CHRETIEN, CULTE • CHRÉTIENNE • CHRÉTIENS • CHRISTIANISME • CONTINENT ASIE • CORAN • CULTE: CHRETIEN • CULTE: JUIF • HISOIRE • HISTOIRE • IRAN • IRAN, ANT. OR. • IRANIEN • IRANIENNE • ISLAM • ISLMAM • JONAS (PROFETA) • JUDAISME • JUIF (ADJECTIF) • JUIF • JUIF, CULTE • JUIFS (NOM) • JUIFS • JUIVE • MUSULMAN • MUSULMANE • MUSUSLMAN • MYTHES: PERSES • PEINTURE • PERSAN • PERSE • PERSES • PERSES, MYTHES • POISSON • POISSONS • POISSONS, PLUSIEURS • RELIGION JUIVE • RELIGION • RELIGION: CHRETIENNE • RELIGION: JUDAISME • RELIGION: JUIVE • TABLEAU • TABLEAUX