It is attributed to the prophet Habakkuk, and was probably composed in the late 7th century BC.

The prophet Habakkuk is generally believed to have written his book in the mid to late 7th century BC, not long before the Babylonians ' siege and capture of Jerusalem.

Habakkuk identifies himself as a prophet in the opening verse.

Due to the liturgical nature of the book of Habakkuk, there have been some scholars who think that the author may have been a temple prophet.

There is no biographical information on the prophet Habakkuk ; in fact less is known about him than any other writer of the Bible.

The prophet Habakkuk is also mentioned in the tale of Bel and the Dragon, part of the deuterocanonical additions to Daniel in a late section of that book.

Modern Christian hymns have been inspired by the words of the prophet Habakkuk.

Habakkuk ( or ; ; ; also spelled Habacuc ), was a prophet in the Hebrew Bible.

His name appears in the Bible only in Habakkuk 1: 1 and 3: 1, with no biographical details provided other than his title " the prophet.

Habakkuk was a biblical prophet, from which the name originates.

Then was fulfilled that which was said by Habakkuk the prophet, saying, " Between two animals you are made manifest.

He concludes: " The U. S. Navy finally decided that Habakkuk was a false prophet.

" Daniel remains unharmed in the den with seven lions, fed by the miraculous transportation of the prophet Habakkuk.

The Book of Habakkuk is the eighth book of the 12 minor prophets of the Hebrew Bible.

The Book of Habakkuk is the eighth book of the Twelve Prophets of the Hebrew Bible, and this collection appears in all copies of texts of the Septuagint, the Ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible completed by 132 BC.

The name Habakkuk, or Habacuc, appears in the Hebrew Bible only in Habakkuk 1: 1 and 3: 1.

The narrator relates two facts: ( 1 ) Noah became inebriated when he “ uncovered himself within his tent ” and ( 2 ) Ham “ saw his father ’ s nakedness .” Thus, these passages revolve around sexuality and the exposure of genitalia as compared with other Hebrew bible texts, such as Habakkuk 2: 15 and Lamentations 4: 21.

The Dead Sea Scrolls are traditionally divided into three groups: " Biblical " manuscripts ( copies of texts from the Hebrew Bible ), which comprise roughly 40 % of the identified scrolls ; Other manuscripts ( known documents from the Second Temple Period like Enoch, Jubilees, Tobit, Sirach, additional psalms, etc., that were not ultimately canonized in the Hebrew Bible ), which comprise roughly 30 % of the identified scrolls ; and " Sectarian " manuscripts ( previously unknown documents that shed light on the rules and beliefs of a particular group or groups within greater Judaism ) like the Community Rule, War Scroll, Pesher on Habakkuk ( Hebrew: פשר pesher = " Commentary "), and the Rule of the Blessing, which comprise roughly 30 % of the identified scrolls.

The Hebrew of Habakkuk 3: 5 names Dabir and Resheph marching defeated before El's parade from Teman and Mount Paran.

The Book of Habakkuk is the book of the Hebrew Bible he is credited with writing.

Continuous pesharim take a book of the Hebrew Bible, often from the prophets, such as those of Habakkuk, Nahum, or from the Psalms, quote it phrase by phrase, and after each quotation insert an interpretation.

The prophetic book of the Bible attributed to Zephaniah occurs ninth among the twelve minor prophets, preceded by Habakkuk and followed by Haggai.

Although his name does not appear in any other part of the Jewish Bible, Rabbinic tradition holds Habakkuk to be the Shunammite woman's son, who was restored to life by Elisha in 2 Kings 4: 16.

* Introduction to the book of Habakkuk from the NIV Study Bible

Almost nothing is known about Habakkuk, aside from what few facts are stated within the book of the Bible bearing his name, or those inferences that may be drawn from that book.

The only work attributed to Habakkuk is the short book of the Bible that bears his name.

His book comes in chronological order between Micah and Habakkuk in the Bible.

* Twenty copies of books of the Bible other than the Pentateuch, some complete, others fragmentary, of one of which, the Book of Habakkuk, dated 916, a facsimile is given.

In the Hebrew Bible and the Qur ' an, Aaron ( or ; Ahărōn, Hārūn, Greek ( Septuagint ): Ααρών ), who is often called "' Aaron the Priest "' () and once Aaron the Levite () ( Exodus 4: 14 ), was the older brother of Moses, ( Exodus 6: 16-20, 7: 7 ; Qur ' an 28: 34 ) and a prophet of God.

The Book of Lamentations (, Eikhah, ʾēkhā ( h )) is a poetic book of the Hebrew Bible composed by the Jewish prophet Jeremiah.

" in some Latin commentaries, from the Greek threnoi = Hebrew qinoth ) now in common use, to denote the character of the book, in which the prophet mourns over the desolations brought on Jerusalem and the Holy Land by the Chaldeans.

It tells the story of a Hebrew prophet named Jonah ben Amittai who is sent by God to prophesy the destruction of Nineveh but tries to escape the divine mission.

The Book of Zechariah, attributed to the prophet Zechariah, is included in the Twelve Minor Prophets in the Hebrew Bible and is the penultimate book of the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.

In the Hebrew Bible, the prophet Abraham is stated to have originally been from " Ur of the Chaldees " ( Ur Kasdim ); if this city is to be identified with the Sumerian Ur, it would be within the original Chaldean homeland south of the Euphrates, although Chaldeans were not extant in Mesopotamia at the time of Abraham.

In Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Ezekiel is acknowledged as a Hebrew prophet.

Isaiah is mentioned as a prophet in Ibn kathir's Stories of the Prophets and the modern writers Muhammad Asad and Abdullah Yusuf Ali accepted Isaiah as a true Hebrew prophet, who preached to the Israelites following the death of King David.

Jonah (; or ; Greek / Latin: Ionas ) is the name given in the Hebrew Bible ( Tanakh / Old Testament ) to a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BC, the eponymous central character in the Book of Jonah, famous for being swallowed by a fish or a whale, depending on translation.

" The word, " midrash " occurs twice in the Hebrew Bible: 2 Chronicles 13: 22 " in the midrash of the prophet Iddo ", and 24: 27 " in the midrash of the Book of the Kings.

Moses (, ; ) was, according to the Hebrew Bible and the Qur ' an, a religious leader, lawgiver and prophet, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed.

Christians believe that Daniel ( Hebrew: ד ָּ נ ִ י ֵּ אל, or Daniyyel ) was a prophet and gave an indication of when the Messiah, the prince mashiyach nagiyd, would come in the Prophecy of Seventy Weeks.

Malachi, Malachias or Mal ' achi (; ) was a Jewish prophet in the Hebrew Bible.

The prophet speaks of the " people's governor " ( Hebrew " pechah ", Malachi 1: 8 ), as do Haggai and Nehemiah ( Haggai 1: 1 ; Nehemiah 5: 14 ; Nehemiah 12: 26 ).

Nahum ( or ; ) was a minor prophet whose prophecy is recorded in the Hebrew Bible.

In Hebrew, the word נ ְ ב ִ יא ( navi ), " spokesperson ", traditionally translates as " prophet ".

The Qur ' an goes on to state that a king was anointed by the prophet, whose name was Talut ( Saul in the Hebrew Bible ).

For example, the Hebrew prophet Samuel, would " lie down and sleep in the temple at Shiloh before the Ark and receive the word of the Lord.

Abrahamic religions are those religions deriving from a common ancient Semitic tradition and traced by their adherents to Abraham ( circa 1900 BCE ), a patriarch whose life is narrated in the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament, where he is described as a prophet ( Genesis 20: 7 ), and in the Quran, where he also appears as a prophet.

Hebrew ： י ִ ר ְ מ ְ י ָ ה, Modern Hebrew: Yirməyāhū, IPA: jirməˈjaːhu, Tiberian: Yirmĭyahu, Greek: Ἰερεμίας, ) meaning " Yah exalts ", also called the " Weeping prophet " was one of the major prophets of the Hebrew Bible.