Ezekiel’s oracle against Tyre (Ezekiel 27) gives some idea of the sort of vessel sailing the Mediterranean, with fir planks, a mast of cedar, a pine deck (27:5–6), and powered both by oars made of oak (27:6) and by linen sails (27:7).36 Although Ezekiel is a sixth-century prophet, it is believed that chapter 27 accurately reflects Phoenician commerce in earlier centuries, including the time of Jonah.37 Ships going to Tarshish are well-known in the OT. 1 Ki 22:48 reports how Jehoshaphat made “ships