The Talmud reports that there were prophets among the gentiles before the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and the end of biblical prophecy (most notably Balaam, whose story is told in Numbers 22, and Job, who is considered a non-Jew by most rabbinical opinions). The prophet Jonah was sent on a mission to speak to the gentiles of the city of Nineveh. According to Judaism, the period of "Nevua" ("prophecy") on earth ended with Malachi as the last of the authentic ("Jewish") prophets.