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Because the book of Habakkuk consists of five oracles about the Chaldeans (Babylonians), and the Chaldean rise to power is dated circa 612 BC, it is assumed he was active about that time, making him an early contemporary of Jeremiah and Zephaniah. Jewish sources, however, do not group him with those two prophets, who are often placed together ...
prophesy of Jeremiah. Before and during Exile. c. 609 BC [citation needed] ... Jeremiah, Obadiah, and Habakkuk In Babylon: prophecy of Ezekiel. Post Exile. c. 530 BC
Jeremiah's teachings encompassed lamentations, oracles, and symbolic acts, emphasising the urgency of repentance and the restoration of a covenant relationship with God. Jeremiah is an essential figure in both Judaism and Christianity. His words are read in synagogues as part of the haftara and he is quoted in the New Testament. [7]
Due to the liturgical nature of the book of Habakkuk, there have been some scholars who think that the author may have been a temple prophet. Temple prophets are described in 1 Chronicles 25:1 as using lyres, harps and cymbals. Some feel that this is echoed in Habakkuk 3:19b, and that Habakkuk may have been a Levite and singer in the Temple. [3]
Book of Habakkuk: possibly shortly before the battle of Carchemish, 605 BCE [22] Book of Zephaniah: reign of Josiah [21] Book of Haggai: self-dated to the second year of the Persian king Darius (Darius the Great), 520 BCE [34] Book of Zechariah: first eight chapters contemporary with Haggai; chapters 9–14 from the 4-3th centuries BCE [71]
The Twelve Minor Prophets (Hebrew: שנים עשר, Shneim Asar; Imperial Aramaic: תרי עשר, Trei Asar, "Twelve") (Ancient Greek: δωδεκαπρόφητον, "the Twelve Prophets"), or the Book of the Twelve, is a collection of prophetic books, written between about the 8th and 4th centuries BCE, which are in both the Jewish Tanakh and Christian Old Testament.
Early eighth century BC, during the reign of Uzziah (contemporary with Hosea, Amos, and Jonah) [19] c. 630–587 BC, in the last decades of the kingdom of Judah (contemporary with Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Habakkuk) c. 520–500 BC, contemporary with the return of the exiles and the careers of Zechariah and Haggai.
Jeremiah 13:1–11: The wearing, burial, and retrieval of a linen waistband. [36] Jeremiah 16:1–9: The shunning of the expected customs of marriage, mourning, and general celebration. [37] Jeremiah 19:1–13: the acquisition of a clay jug and the breaking of the jug in front of the religious leaders of Jerusalem. [38]