Sefer Yona: Archaeology
This video is part of the Sefer Study series.
This is an analysis of the Archaeology of the Sefer by Nachliel Selavan MA. Ed (www.museumtours.co.il) - more info below.
Archaeology Snapshot is a discussion on the location, timeline, main characters and highlights from history and archaeology, for each Sefer in Tanach.
Yona is the fifth of the “twelve prophets” or תרי עשר, which span a period of over 300 years.
Yona is sent to Nineveh, an ancient city which would also become the capital of the Assyrian Empire. The are some mysteries surrounding the time of Yona, and his identification. Is he the Yona mentioned in Melachim? Or perhaps a later one? Did he prophesy unto the mighty, neo-Assyrian Empire, or to the city of Ashur as it was merely a city-state?
This episode discusses those and more topics.
Relevant links:
haTanakh website: https://www.hatanakh.com/map
Tutorial: https://youtu.be/3hWRKEjGosc (Please hit “like” and subscribe to my channel as well!”)
Herzog’s virtual tour of Nineveh for Yemei Iyun b’Tanach
Short video about Nabi Yunus and link to the documentary in their description.
The Rise and Fall of the Assyrian Empire - TED Ed
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Nachliel Selavan, MA Ed., originally from Jerusalem’s Old City, is back in Israel after seven years of teaching full-time in the United States, developing his unique and engaging method of learning Torah through tour, travel and archaeology.
Nachliel created and delivered an integrated learning and museum tour program for both school and adult educational settings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and has hosted similar pilot visits to a dozen museums in North America, and a few museums in Europe and in Jerusalem. He also teaches and engages audiences through virtual tours and social media, and has recently completed Tanach Study Plus - delivering a weekly episode of Archaeology on the Parasha.
You can find him on www.museumtours.co.il and on social media @MuseumToursIL and email him at nachliel@museumtours.co.il
