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Habakkuk
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Habakkuk, or Habacuc, who was active around 612 BC, was a prophet whose oracles and prayer are recorded in the Book of Habakkuk, the eighth of the collected twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible. He is revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
Key facts
- Saint.name
- Habakkuk
- Saint.feast_day
- January 15 (Roman Catholic)December 2 (Orthodox)
- Saint.venerated_in
- JudaismChristianityIslamRastafari
- Saint.image
- Habakkuk.jpg
- Saint.alt
- Russian icon of the prophet Habakkuk
- Saint.caption
- An 18th-century Russian icon of the prophet Habakkuk (Iconostasis of Transfiguration Church, Kizhi monastery, Karelia, Russia)
- Saint.titles
- Prophet
- Saint.attributes
- Prophet
- Saint.major_shrine
- Toyserkan, IranKadarim, Israel
- Saint.major_works
- Book of Habakkuk
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of death
- Judea
- Occupation
- prophet
- Languages spoken
- Hebrew
- Notable work
- Book of Habakkuk
- Student of
- Nahum
- Image
- Zuccone Donatello OPA Florence.jpg
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- described by source
- Wikitólica
- Commons category
- Habakkuk
- student
- Zephaniah
- canonization status
- saint
- feast day
- December 2
- date of birth
- 0626-01-01
- date of death
- 0600-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Name
- Life
- Biblical account
- Tradition
- Works
- Tombs
- Tomb in Israel
- Persian shrine
- Commemoration
- Christian
- Islam
- Ali al-Ridha debate at al-Ma'mun's court
- Further evidence of prophethood
- See also
- Notes
- Citations
- References
- External links
Habakkuk, or Habacuc, who was active around 612 BC, was a prophet whose oracles and prayer are recorded in the Book of Habakkuk, the eighth of the collected twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible. He is revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
Almost all information about Habakkuk is drawn from the book of the Bible bearing his name, with no biographical details provided other than his title, "the prophet". He is mentioned in the deuterocanonical Additions to Daniel, and outside the Bible, he is mentioned over the centuries in the forms of Christian and Rabbinic tradition.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Habakkuk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.