---
title: 'Oannes and Dagon'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Walter William Moore'
date: 1896-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Foreign Missions'
- 'Archaeology'
- 'Apologetical Method'
scriptures:
- 'Jonah 1'
- '1 Samuel 5'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/moore-1896-oannes-and-dagon
---

# Oannes and Dagon

Sketches the Southern Presbyterian Mexico mission (est. 1874) and an archaeological-apologetic study linking Jonah to Mesopotamian fish-god traditions (Oannes, Dagon).

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