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Haggai
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Haggai. Post- exilic Jewish prophet . The prophecies contained in Haggai can be dated to 520 BCE (the second year of King Darius) and are concerned primarily with the reconstruction of the Temple.
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Haggai, Book of
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Haggai, Book of. Minor Prophet . The Book, dated in the second year of Darius, i.e. 520–519 BC, consists of four discourses...
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Minor Prophets, the
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
...twelve shorter prophetic Books, as contrasted with the three Major Prophets— Isaiah , Jeremiah , and Ezekiel . They are Hosea , Joel , Amos , Obadiah , Jonah , Micah , Nahum , Habakkuk , Zephaniah , Haggai , Zechariah , and Malachi .
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Zerubbabel
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
...leader. Zerubbabel worked with Joshua the high priest as leader of the returned exiles from Babylon and as builder of the Temple in Jerusalem . Zerubbabel's activities are described in the books of Ezra , Nehemiah , Haggai , and Zechariah .
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Zechariah, book of
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
...grandson according to Zech. 1: 1), and describe the harsh conditions of life in Judah after the Return from Exile. He followed Haggai in urging the rebuilding of the Temple (about 518 bce). There are eight visions in these chapters, linked by the theme of...
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Pisano, Nicola
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
...been transferred to the cathedral museum and a magnificent fragment—the upper part of the figure of the prophet Haggai—is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London). It is the most richly decorated of all the great Italian Gothic...
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Temple
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
...Av was instituted to commemorate the event. It was rebuilt after the return from exile under the leadership of Zerubbabel (Haggai 2) and was greatly enlarged and improved by King Herod the Great (1st cent. BCE). Within the walls lay the Temple Court...
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Bible
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
...and Ezekiel; and the Twelve Minor Prophets: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi.The Writings (Ketubim): Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations...
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Minor Prophets
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
...twelve’). The collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew scriptures. It includes the books of Hosea , Joel , Amos , Obadiah , Jonah , Micah , Nahum , Habbakuk, Zephariah , Haggai , Zechariah , and Malachi .
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