Twelve Minor Prophets

of the Old Testament of Nevi'im A minor prophet is one of the writings in the Twelve Prophets section of the Hebrew Bible , also known to Christians as the Minor Prophets of the Old Testament . Twelve individuals had their names attributed to a section of the Hebrew Bible which has become known by the Aramaic term as the Trei Asar ("Twelve") in traditional Jewish editions and "Books of the Minor Prophets" or the "Minor Prophets" in Christian editions.

The Minor Prophets or Twelve Prophets ( , Trei Asar , "The Twelve"), occasionally Book of the Twelve , is the last book of the Nevi'im , the second main division of the Jewish Tanakh . The collection is broken up to form twelve individual books in the Christian Old Testament , one for each of the prophets. The terms "minor prophets" and "twelve prophets" can also refer to the twelve traditional authors of these works. The term "Minor" relates to the length of each book (ranging from a single chapter to fourteen); even the longest is short compared to the three major prophets , Isaiah , Ezekiel and Jeremiah . It is not known when these short works were collected and transferred to a single scroll, but the first extra-biblical evidence we have for the Twelve as a collection is c. 190 BCE in the writings of Jesus ben Sirach , and evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls suggests that the modern order was established by 150 BCE. It is believed that initially the first six were collected, and later the second six were added; the two groups seem to complement each other, with Hosea through Micah raising the question of iniquity, and Nahum through Malachi proposing resolutions. In the Hebrew Old Testament, these works were counted as one book.

Book or collection of books in the Bible "Twelve Prophets" redirects here. Nevi'im (Prophets) Latter Minor Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi Ketuvim (Writings) Five Megillot (Scrolls) Historical Old Testament ( Christianity ) Deuterocanonical Bible portal v t e The Minor Prophets or Twelve Prophets ( , Trei Asar , "Twelve"), occasionally Book of the Twelve , is the last book of the Nevi'im , the second main division of the Jewish Tanakh . The collection is broken up to form twelve individual books in the Christian Old Testament , one for each of the prophets. The terms "minor prophets" and "twelve prophets" can also refer to the twelve traditional authors of these works. The term "Minor" relates to the length of each book (ranging from a single chapter to fourteen); even the longest is short compared to the three major prophets , Isaiah , Ezekiel and Jeremiah . It is not known when these short works were collected and transferred to a single scroll, but the first extra-biblical evidence we have for the Twelve as a collection is c. 190 BCE in the writings of Jesus ben Sirach , and evidence from the Dead Sea Scrolls suggests that the modern order had been established by 150 BCE. It is believed that initially the first six were collected, and later the second six were added; the two groups seem to complement each other, with Hosea through Micah raising the question of iniquity, and Nahum through Malachi proposing resolutions.

Book or collection of books in the Bible "Twelve Prophets" redirects here. Nevi'im (Prophets) Latter Minor Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi Ketuvim (Writings) Five Megillot (Scrolls) Historical Old Testament ( Christianity ) Deuterocanonical Bible portal v t e The Minor Prophets or Twelve Prophets ( , Shneim Asar ; , Trei Asar , "Twelve") ( , "the Twelve Prophets"), occasionally 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 . In the Tanakh, they appear as a single book, "The Twelve", which is the last book of the Nevi'im , the second of three major divisions of the Tanakh. In the Christian Old Testament , the collection appears as twelve individual books , one for each of the prophets: the Book of Hosea , Joel , Amos , Obadiah , Jonah , Micah , Nahum , Habakkuk , Zephaniah , Haggai , Zechariah , and Malachi . Their order, and position in the Old Testament, varies slightly between the Protestant , Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Bibles. The name "Minor Prophets" goes back apparently to St. Augustine , who distinguished the 12 shorter prophetic books as prophetae minores from the four longer books of the prophets Isaiah , Jeremiah , Ezekiel , and Daniel . Civ. 18.29: Corpus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum latinorum (Vienna 1866–) .

Book or collection of books in the Bible "Twelve Prophets" redirects here. Nevi'im (Prophets) Latter Minor Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi Ketuvim (Writings) Five Megillot (Scrolls) Historical Old Testament ( Christianity ) Deuterocanonical Bible portal v t e The Twelve Minor Prophets ( Hebrew : שנים עשר , Shneim Asar ; Imperial Aramaic : תרי עשר , Trei Asar , "Twelve"; Ancient Greek : δωδεκαπρόφητον , "the Twelve Prophets"; Latin : Duodecim prophetae , "the Twelve Prophets"), or the Book of the Twelve , is a collection of twelve prophetic works traditionally attributed to individual prophets, likely compiled into a single anthology by the Persian period . It contains diverse literary forms and themes. Scholarly debate continues over the dating and editorial history of these texts. In the Tanakh, they appear as a single book, "The Twelve", which is the last book of the Nevi'im , the second of three major divisions of the Tanakh. In the Christian Old Testament , the collection appears as twelve individual books , one for each of the prophets: the Book of Hosea , Joel , Amos , Obadiah , Jonah , Micah , Nahum , Habakkuk , Zephaniah , Haggai , Zechariah , and Malachi . Their order, and position in the Old Testament, varies slightly between the Protestant , Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Bibles. The name "Minor Prophets" goes back to Augustine of Hippo , who distinguished the 12 shorter prophetic books as prophetae minores from the four longer books of the prophets Isaiah , Jeremiah , Ezekiel , and Daniel . The twelve minor prophets are commemorated in various ways across Christian liturgies , including specific readings in the Roman Catholic Tridentine Breviary and modern Lectionary throughout the liturgical year , and collectively honored on July 31 in the Armenian Apostolic Church calendar. In O'Brien, Julia (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of the Minor Prophets .