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

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

A copy of these chapters is included in the Habakkuk Commentary, found among the Dead Sea Scrolls.

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.

Some feel that this is echoed in Habakkuk 3: 19b, and that Habakkuk may have been a Levite and singer in the Temple.

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.

In the superscription of the Old Greek version, Habakkuk is called the son of Joshua of the tribe of Levi.

In this book Habakkuk is lifted by an angel to Babylon to provide Daniel with some food while he is in the lion's den.

It is unknown when Habakkuk lived and preached, but the reference to the rise and advance of the Chaldeans in 1: 6-11 places him in the middle to last quarter of the 7th century BC.

The book of Habakkuk is a book of the Tanakh ( the Old Testament ) and stands eighth in a section known as the 12 Minor Prophets in the Masoretic and Greek texts.

The major theme of Habakkuk is trying to grow from a faith of perplexity and doubt to the height of absolute trust in God.

Habakkuk is unique among the prophets in that he openly questions the wisdom of God.

The book of Habakkuk is accepted as canonical by adherents of the Jewish and Christian faiths.

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.

A partial copy of Habakkuk itself is included in the Habakkuk Commentary, a pesher found among the original seven Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in 1947.

What is even more significant than the commentary in the pesher is the quoted text of Habakkuk itself.

However, the fact that the third chapter is written in a different style, as a liturgical piece, does not necessarily mean that Habakkuk was not also its author.

He is the author of the Book of Habakkuk, the eighth of the collected twelve minor prophets.

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.

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

Habakkuk has also been commemorated in sculpture.

He also claimed that each ship would require 40, 000 tons of cork insulation, thousands of miles of steel tubing for brine circulation, and four power stations, but that for all those resources ( some of which could be used to manufacture conventional ships of more effective fighting power ) Habakkuk would only be capable of six knots of speed.

Some of these other scrolls where he is mentioned are the Habakkuk Pesher ( numerous times ), Micah Pesher ( once ), Psalms Pesher and also 4Q172.

Between 1800 and 1805, the Brazilian sculptor Aleijadinho completed a soapstone sculpture of Habakkuk as part of his Twelve Prophets.

** Prophets: Moses, Joshua, Amos, Habakkuk.

Some Protestant Christian denominations prohibit the drinking of alcohol based upon Biblical passages which condemn drunkenness ( such as Proverbs 23: 21, Isaiah 28: 1, Habakkuk 2: 15 ), but others allow moderate use of alcohol.

Habakkuk does appear in Bel and the Dragon, which is part of the Additions to Daniel found in the Biblical apocrypha.

During the war he worked on Habakkuk, a secret project to build an ice platform in mid-Atlantic, which could be used to refuel aeroplanes.

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.

He retrieved a handful of scrolls, which Trever identifies as the Isaiah Scroll, Habakkuk Commentary, and the Community Rule, and took them back to the camp to show to his family.

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.

Project Habakkuk or Habbakuk ( spelling varies ; see below ) was a plan by the British in World War II to construct an aircraft carrier out of pykrete ( a mixture of wood pulp and ice ), for use against German U-boats in the mid-Atlantic, which were beyond the flight range of land-based planes at that time.

* 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.

On the other, God is infinitely holy and just, which means that he cannot approve of or even look upon evil ( Habakkuk 1: 13 ), neither can he justify a wicked person ( Book of Proverbs 17: 15 ).

Although his home is not identified, scholars conclude that Habakkuk lived in Jerusalem at the time he wrote his prophecy.

() 2Ki 4: 16 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace ( חבקת-hoveket, therefore Habakkuk ) a son.

); at the beginning of the Well song ( 21: 17 and following, " ali be ' er "); in the daring request, " Sun, stand thou still " ( Joshua 10: 12 ); in Habakkuk's prayer (" tefillah "; Habakkuk 3: 1-19 ); or in psalms of request for help in time of war ( 44, 60, etc.

Victorinus composed commentaries on various books of Holy Scripture, such as Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Habakkuk, Ecclesiastes, the Canticle of Canticles, St. Matthew, and the Apocalypse, besides treatises against the heresies of his time.

Verses 33-39 state that Habakkuk is in Judea and after making some stew, he ’ s told by an angel to take the stew to Daniel, who is in Babylon in the lion ’ s den.

In two niches across from each other, interactive sculptures by Bernini, of Habakkuk and the Angel that took him by the hair and transported him to Babylon to succour Daniel, who is represented in the corresponding niche on the opposite wall.