The Ancient Rime of Jonah

By Hans Fenske

The Ancient Rime of Jonah recounts the experiences of the prophet Jonah after he has returned home from his epic journey. The narrator recognizes the prophet as he enters the city gates and is anxious to hear his tale. Soon his audience is captivated by the emotional account of his interactions with sailors, a great fish, the people of Nineveh and the almighty God.
There lay the sea the spacious sea. O, how its vats do teem
With living things both great and small, abundant and pristine.
His adventure dramatizes the truth that the same mercy and forgiveness available from God to Jonah is also available to his enemies when they repent and believe.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Sep 16, 2013
• ISBN: 9781483654430

Hans Fenske

Hans Fenske lives with his wife, Karen, and their three sons in the city of Tampa, Florida. He graduated locally from the University of South Florida studying both English Education and Elementary Education. He has been teaching elementary in at-risk schools for 18 years. He is an assistant pastor at his church and is currently enrolled in Charis Bible College-Florida. He was inspired to combine his literary background and knowledge of scripture to retell Bible stories in a new way to convey the character of God.

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THE

ANCIENT RIME

OF JONAH

Hans Fenske

Copyright © 2013 by Hans Fenske.

Library of Congress Control Number:   2013910926

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Rev. date: 09/05/2013

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Contents

1.   The Return

2.   The Great Wind

3.   Conflict to Concord

4.   The Great Fish

5.   The Journey by Land

6.   The Great City

7.   The Reconciliation

DEDICATION

To the Most High God,

The Creator of Heaven and Earth

and of people who could appreciate

all the Beauty and Majesty therein

Acknowledgements

I am deeply grateful to many who have loved me, taught me,

and encouraged my faith in the Good and Loving God

Introduction

At first you may ask, what is this?

Simply, this is a literary collision of the book of Jonah with The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel T. Coleridge: a retelling of the story of Jonah as a narrative ballad.

Why? This answer will take more development.

First, why should we study the book of Jonah? Why have many readers over the years been fascinated by the story of Jonah? His story is mentioned in Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Even other religions have ‘fish-tales". It contains both geographical and historical accuracy. The book of Jonah