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VarTalman · 09-22-2014, 12:02 AM

Hey folks,
We have from the Bible an account of Jonah being sent to the great city outside the land of Israel. He is sent from the God of the Sea as is Tuor. He takes a hidden journey in a fish to the shore and goes to Nineveh preaching profound inspired words greater than man's speech. The city is great and requires a three-day journey through it - Jonah goes preaching the word. There is also parallel that the king acknowledges that this wiry prophet has been sent from God to the lost city...

I imagine Tolkien had a tough time finishing this story because Jonah ends with a city saved and God's prophet complaining. Makes for a tough ending to so well-told a tale.

I believe Tolkien's muse is the Bible account beginning to end. These unfinished stories could be various retellings of biblical accounts in Middle-Earth lore. If this is the key, their endings could potentially be deciphered.

09-22-2014, 12:02 AM	#34
VarTalman Newly Deceased Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 10	Biblical Parallel = Jonah to Nineveh Hey folks, We have from the Bible an account of Jonah being sent to the great city outside the land of Israel. He is sent from the God of the Sea as is Tuor. He takes a hidden journey in a fish to the shore and goes to Nineveh preaching profound inspired words greater than man's speech. The city is great and requires a three-day journey through it - Jonah goes preaching the word. There is also parallel that the king acknowledges that this wiry prophet has been sent from God to the lost city... I imagine Tolkien had a tough time finishing this story because Jonah ends with a city saved and God's prophet complaining. Makes for a tough ending to so well-told a tale. I believe Tolkien's muse is the Bible account beginning to end. These unfinished stories could be various retellings of biblical accounts in Middle-Earth lore. If this is the key, their endings could potentially be deciphered.