Book of Haggai

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The Book of Haggai is a short Old Testament prophetic book in the Hebrew Bible that records the messages of the prophet Haggai urging the returned Jewish exiles to rebuild the Jerusalem Temple.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Book of Haggai canonical 9
Book of Haggai 1–2 1
Haggai 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nevi'im
Old Testament book
book of the Bible
prophetic book
addresses community in Jerusalem
returned Jewish exiles
associatedWith Roman province of Judea
surface form: Province of Yehud

Second Temple in Jerusalem
surface form: Second Temple
attributedTo Haggai
surface form: Prophet Haggai
author Haggai
canonicalStatus canonical
categoryInJudaism Prophets
surface form: Latter Prophets
chapterCount 2
dateRange 520 BCE
emphasis obedience leading to blessing
priority of God’s house
genre post-exilic prophecy
prophecy
historicalContext rebuilding of the Second Temple
historicalSetting Achaemenid Empire
surface form: Persian period

post-exilic period
includedIn Masoretic Text
Septuagint
influenced Christian preaching on stewardship
Jewish liturgy
keyVerse Book of Haggai self-linksurface differs
surface form: Haggai 1:8

Book of Haggai self-linksurface differs
surface form: Haggai 2:9
language Biblical Hebrew
liturgicalUse read in Jewish and Christian worship contexts
mentionsPerson Darius I of Persia
Joshua son of Jehozadak
Zerubbabel
messageFocus assurance of God’s presence
call to resume temple construction
promise of future glory of the temple
orderInChristianCanon third of the Minor Prophets in many Christian Bibles
partOf Christian biblical canon
surface form: Christian Old Testament

Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

The Twelve Minor Prophets
surface form: Twelve Minor Prophets
positionInMinorProphets tenth
primaryTheme covenant faithfulness
divine blessing and curse
rebuilding the Jerusalem Temple
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
structure series of prophetic oracles

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The Twelve Minor Prophets containsWork Book of Haggai
The Twelve hasPart Book of Haggai
Roman Catholic biblical canon includesBook Book of Haggai
this entity surface form: Haggai
Zerubbabel mentionedIn Book of Haggai
Joshua son of Jehozadak mentionedIn Book of Haggai
Book of Haggai keyVerse Book of Haggai self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Haggai 1:8
Book of Haggai keyVerse Book of Haggai self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Haggai 2:9
Book of Zechariah follows Book of Haggai
Haggai authorOf Book of Haggai
Haggai scriptureReference Book of Haggai
this entity surface form: Book of Haggai 1–2