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Haggai
Sign in to savethumb|Russian icon of Haggai, 18th century ([[Iconostasis of Kizhi monastery, Karelia, Russia)]]
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- male
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- prophet
- Languages spoken
- Hebrew
- Native language
- Hebrew
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- Haggai
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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- December 16
- date of birth
- 0550-00-00
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- Life
- Haggai prophecies
- Haggai and officials of his time
- Jewish Persian diplomacy
- Haggai in Jewish tradition
- Liturgical commemoration
- Haggai in Freemasonry
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- References
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thumb|Russian icon of Haggai, 18th century ([[Iconostasis of Kizhi monastery, Karelia, Russia)]]
Haggai or Aggeus (; – Ḥaggay; ; Koine Greek: Ἀγγαῖος; ) was a Hebrew prophet active during the building of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, one of the twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible, and the author or subject of the Book of Haggai. He is known for his prophecy in 520 BCE, commanding the Jews to rebuild the Temple. He was the first of three post-exilic prophets from the Neo-Babylonian Exile of the House of Judah (with Zechariah, his contemporary, and Malachi, who lived about one hundred years later), who belonged to the period of Jewish history which began after the return from captivity in Babylon. His name means "my holidays".
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