Book of Jonah Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Early Jewish interpretation=== Fragments of the book were found among the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]], most of which follows the [[Masoretic Text]] closely and with Mur XII reproducing a large portion of the text.<ref>David L. Washburn, ''A Catalog of Biblical Passages in the Dead Sea Scrolls'' (Brill, 2003), 146.</ref> As for the non-canonical writings, the majority of references to biblical texts were made as [[Argument from authority|appeals to authority]]. The Book of Jonah appears to have served less purpose in the Qumran community than other texts, as the writings make no references to it.<ref>James C. Vanderkam, ''The Dead Sea Scrolls Today'' (Grand Rapids, Mich: Eerdmans, 1994), 151</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page