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Malachi or Malachias (/ ˈ m æ l ə k aɪ / ⓘ; Hebrew: מַלְאָכִי , Modern: Malʾaḵī, Tiberian: Malʾāḵī, "my messenger") is the name used by the author of the Book of Malachi, the last book of the Nevi'im (Prophets) section of the Tanakh.
Malachy (/ ˈ m æ l ə k i /; Middle Irish: Máel Máedóc Ua Morgair; Modern Irish: Maelmhaedhoc Ó Morgair; Latin: Malachias) (1094 – 2 November 1148) is an Irish saint who was Archbishop of Armagh, to whom were attributed several miracles and an alleged vision of 112 popes later attributed to the apocryphal (i.e. of doubtful authenticity) Prophecy of the Popes.
The Prophecies of Malachi refer to two very different works: The one most often meant is a list of prophecies on the reigns of the Popes, apparently by a medieval Irish monk Malachi, possibly the same as St. Malachi; The Biblical Book of Malachi may also be meant
Implicit in the prophet's condemnation of Israel's religious practices is a call to keep Yahweh's statutes. The Book of Malachi draws upon various themes found in other books of the Bible. Malachi appeals to the rivalry between Jacob and Esau and of Yahweh's preference for Jacob contained in Book of Genesis 25–28.
Elisha – Prophet and wonder-worker in the Hebrew Bible; Micaiah – Biblical prophet, disciple of Elijah; Jonah – Biblical and Quranic prophet; Amos – Hebrew prophet; Hosea – Biblical character; Amoz – Father of Isaiah; Isaiah – Israelite prophet; Micah – Prophet in Judaism; Joel – Abrahamic prophet, author of the Book of Joel
prophecy of Malachi during the times of the Persian Empire (535 BC: First portion of Ezra; 515 BC: Second portion of Ezra and Haggai and Zecharia; Joel possibly some time later; 474 BC: Esther; 450 BC: Remainder of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Malachi.) c. 312 BC–c. 63 BC [citation needed] Judah's subjugation under the Seleucid Empire
The intertestamental period or deuterocanonical period (Catholic and Eastern Orthodox) is the period of time between the events of the protocanonical books and the New Testament.
John the Baptist is the last prophet of the Old Covenant. [2] In Christianity, the last prophet of the Old Covenant before the arrival of Jesus is John the Baptist (cf. Luke 16:16). [2] The Eastern Orthodox Church holds that Malachi was the "Seal of Prophets" in the Old Testament. [3]