UJona noma uJonas, [lower-alpha 1] indodana ka- Amittai, ungumprofethi eBhayibhelini lesiHeberu naseQuran, ovela eGath-hepher yombuso wasenyakatho wakwa-Israyeli cishe ngekhulu lesi-8 BCE .UJona unendima eyinhloko ye Incwadi kaJona, okuyinto imininingwane ukunqikaza ekukuletheleni Nkulunkulu ukwahlulela ka- emzini iNineve, bese kwakhe okwalandela, siqala begrudged, ukubuya mission saphezulu ngemva kokuba yagwinywa isilwane esikhulu sasolwandle. Yize isidalwa esigwinye uJona sivame ukuvezwa kwezobuciko namasiko njengomkhomo, umbhalo wesiHeberu empeleni usebenzisa ibinzana elithi dag gadol, elisho ukuthi "inhlanzi enkulu".Ngekhulu leshumi nesikhombisa kanye nasekuqaleni kwekhulu leshumi nesishiyagalombili, izinhlobo zezinhlanzi ezagwinya uJona kwakuyindaba yokuqagela kososayensi bemvelo, abahumusha le ndaba njengendaba yesigameko esingokomlando.Ezinye izazi zesimanje zomlando zithi kunokufana phakathi kukaJona nezinye izinganekwane, ikakhulukazi uGilgamesh neqhawe lesiGreki uJason . UJona ungumlingiswa osemqoka eNcwadini kaJona, lapho uNkulunkulu emyala khona ukuba aye edolobheni laseNineve ukuyoprofetha ngalo "ngoba ububi babo obukhulu benyukele phambi kwami," kodwa uJona kunalokho uzama ukubalekela " khona iNkosi "ngokuya Jaffa (ngezinye izikhathi elihunyushwe ngokuthi eJopha noma Joppe), lishone bahamba ngomkhumbi baya yaseTharishishi.