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Malachi
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Malachi or Malachias (; ) is the name used by the author of the Book of Malachi, the last book of the Nevi'im (Prophets) section of the Tanakh. It is possible that Malachi is not a proper name, because it means "messenger"; it has been assumed to be a pseudonym. According to Jewish tradition, Malachi's true identity is Ezra the scribe.
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Malachi is a male human prophet who holds the canonization status of saint. His feast day is observed on December 18. He is described in sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, and the 11th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica.
The name Malachi is also associated with Zvi Malachi, an author with 21 works. His top works include "Megilot sifrutiyot-hisṭoriyot bi-yeme ha-b," "ha-ʻAvodah" le-Yom ha-Kipurim," "ʻAl ha-tefilah," "Meḥḳarim bi-yetsirat Shelomoh Ibn Gevirol," and "סוגיות בספרות העברית של ימי הביניים." Additionally, a musical artist named Malachi is identified as a person from the US. This artist is tagged with genres such as Sludge, Crust, doom metal, Doom, and cello.
Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Wikiquote, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
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- Malachi depicted in the Bartolini Salimbeni Chapel, Florence
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Malachi or Malachias (; ) is the name used by the author of the Book of Malachi, the last book of the Nevi'im (Prophets) section of the Tanakh. It is possible that Malachi is not a proper name, because it means "messenger"; it has been assumed to be a pseudonym. According to Jewish tradition, Malachi's true identity is Ezra the scribe.
Some scholars argue that the Book of Malachi is the result of multiple stages of redaction; most of its text originated in the Persian period, with the oldest stratum from around 500 BCE and redactions into the Hellenistic period.
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