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Habakkuk, Book of

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | © The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 2000, originally published by Oxford University Press 2000. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Habakkuk, Book of. Minor Prophet. Habakkuk complains of oppression and lawlessness; God answers that punishment is imminent in the invasion by the Chaldeans, who will themselves fall through pride and idolatry. Ch. 3 describes a vision of God coming to deliver His people.

The Book is probably to be dated in the late 7th or early 6th cent. BC. Most critics agree that ch. 3 is an independent addition. The Book's central message, that ‘the just shall live by his faith’ (2: 4), has played an important part in Christian thought.

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