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Spring 2022 Caption Contest Winners

Biblical Archaeology Review Spring 2022: Winners

And the Winner Is …

Image Credit: Eric Carlson

“Big fish?! The ticket said Tarshish!”
—Patricia Erbele, Hesperia, California

Thank you to all those who submitted caption entries for our Spring 2022 cartoon, based on Jonah 1:17: “But the Lord provided a large fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.” We are pleased to congratulate Patricia Erbele of Hesperia, California, who wrote the winning caption.

Runners-up:

“But the ad said, ‘Have a whale of a time for three days and three nights!’”
—Susan Stark, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Jonah may have looked like a tempting morsel to the fish, but three days later he would find out that you can’t keep a good man down.
—Frank Schipani, White Lake, Michigan

Honorable Mentions:

“‘Go sailing,’ they said. ‘It’ll be fun,’ they said.”
—Malinda Kaye Dilday, Raleigh, North Carolina

“Remember Tarshish’s posted laws: Catch and Release Only!”
—Ron Wiebe, San Jose, California

“I would rather be in Nineveh.”
—Dennis Pence, Clarksville, Arkansas

“Where’s Noah and his ark when you need him?”
—Michele Paskow, Thousand Oaks, California