19:13). Today the Arab village of Meshed is located where Gath-hepher was, between Nazareth and Kefar Kana (Cana). Meshed, in fact, takes its name from the memory of Jonah. The Arabic el meshed means “martyr grave” and a grave of Jonah may be found there.7 It is often pointed out that Jonah is never named “prophet” in the book that bears his name. If the book of Jonah was produced sometime during the late exilic or early postexilic period,8 there would have been no need to identify him further than