possible” (Matt 19:26). Moreover, if Jonah’s message came at a time of Assyrian royal weakness and significant natural and political calamities (see Introduction), the possibility of Nineveh’s about-face becomes all the more credible.2 The case of Nineveh also throws light on the issue of God’s seeming change of mind in certain circumstances. At first glance, this passage appears to be at variance with texts that declare that God is not a mere mortal who changes his mind (Num 23:19; 1 Sam 15:29). God is also