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The earlier period would place Obadiah as a contemporary of the prophet Elijah. The later date would place Obadiah as a contemporary of the prophet Jeremiah. A sixth-century date for Obadiah is a "near consensus" position among scholars. [16] Obadiah 1–9 contains parallels to the Book of Jeremiah 49:7–22.
Obadiah (/ oʊ b ə ˈ d aɪ. ə /; Hebrew: עֹבַדְיָה – ʿŌḇaḏyā or עֹבַדְיָהוּ – ʿŌḇaḏyāhū; "servant or slave of Yah"), also known as Abdias, [2] is a biblical prophet. The authorship of the Book of Obadiah is traditionally attributed to the prophet Obadiah.
The Twelve Minor Prophets (Hebrew: שנים עשר, Shneim Asar; Imperial Aramaic: תרי עשר, Trei Asar, "Twelve") (Ancient Greek: δωδεκαπρόφητον, "the Twelve Prophets"), or the Book of the Twelve, is a collection of prophetic books, written between about the 8th and 4th centuries BCE, which are in both the Jewish Tanakh and Christian Old Testament.
"Obadiah the Norman Proselyte who entered the covenant of the God of Israel in the month of Ellul, year 1413 of Documents which is 4862 of Creation" [10] [11] "he, Obadiah the Proselyte, has written [this prayer-book] with his own hand" [10] Obadiah is known to us exclusively through a variety of documents from the Cairo Geniza, all but one in ...
The prophetic books are a division of the Christian Bible, grouping 18 books (Catholic and Orthodox canon) or 17 books (Protestant canon, excluding Baruch) in the Old Testament. [1] In terms of the Tanakh , it includes the Latter Prophets from the Nevi'im , with the addition of Lamentations (which in the Tanakh is one of the Five Megillot ) and ...
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According to 1 Kings 18:4, Obadiah hid a hundred prophets of God in two caves, fifty in each, to protect them from Jezebel, Ahab's wife.Later statements of the prophet Elijah, where he describes himself as the only remaining prophet of Yahweh [2] led biblical theologian Otto Thenius to conclude that eventually they were captured and killed, but George Rawlinson and other commentators argue ...
In Christianity, the Book of Obadiah is classified as a minor prophet of the Old Testament, and in first Book of Kings chapter 18, he acts as a protector of prophets. [3] As O. E., Parker's generosity for providing homesteaders fruit at no cost is a small step towards the likeness of the prophet, who generously expended all of his wealth ...