The Twelve Minor Prophets

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biblical book collection section of the Christian Old Testament section of the Hebrew Bible

The Twelve Minor Prophets are a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, traditionally grouped together as a single unit.

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Observed surface forms (17)

Surface form	Occurrences
Minor Prophets	7
Book of Haggai	2
Book of Joel	2
Book of Zechariah	2
Twelve Minor Prophets	2
Book of Amos	1
Book of Habakkuk	1
Book of Hosea	1
Book of Malachi	1
Book of Micah	1
Book of Nahum	1
Book of Obadiah	1
Book of Zephaniah	1
Minor Prophets (The Twelve)	1
The Minor Prophets	1
The Twelve Prophets	1
prophet Haggai	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical book collection ⓘ section of the Christian Old Testament ⓘ section of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	The Twelve ⓘ surface form: The Book of the Twelve The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ surface form: The Minor Prophets The Twelve ⓘ
associatedReligionText	Bible ⓘ surface form: Christian Bible Tanakh ⓘ
canonicalIn	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Protestant Christianity ⓘ surface form: Protestant churches Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
containsWork	Book of Amos ⓘ Book of Habakkuk ⓘ Book of Haggai ⓘ Book of Hosea ⓘ Book of Joel ⓘ Book of Jonah ⓘ Book of Malachi ⓘ Book of Micah ⓘ Book of Nahum ⓘ Book of Obadiah ⓘ Book of Zechariah ⓘ Book of Zephaniah ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Major Prophets ⓘ
genre	prophetic literature ⓘ
groupingCriterion	shorter length compared to Major Prophets ⓘ
language	Hebrew ⓘ surface form: Biblical Hebrew
literaryFunction	record of prophetic messages to Israel and Judah ⓘ
numberOfParts	12 ⓘ
partOf	Neviim ⓘ Prophets ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
scripturalCollectionOf	prophetic oracles ⓘ symbolic narratives ⓘ visions ⓘ
scripturalStatus	canonical ⓘ
testament	Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
theologicalTheme	covenant faithfulness ⓘ day of the Lord ⓘ divine judgment ⓘ repentance ⓘ restoration ⓘ
traditionalAuthorshipType	prophetic authors ⓘ
traditionalOrderEnd	Malachi ⓘ
traditionalOrderStart	Hosea ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Twelve → alsoKnownAs → The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Twelve Prophets

The Twelve → alsoKnownAs → The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ

this entity surface form: Minor Prophets

The Twelve Minor Prophets → alsoKnownAs → The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Minor Prophets

Zion → appearsInBook → The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Joel

Second Temple in Jerusalem → associatedWith → The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ

this entity surface form: prophet Haggai

prophet Zechariah → bookCategory → The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ

subject surface form: Zechariah

this entity surface form: Minor Prophets

Orit → contains → The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ

this entity surface form: Minor Prophets

Commentaries on the Bible → coversBook → The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ

this entity surface form: Minor Prophets

Return to Zion → documentedIn → The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Haggai

Return to Zion → documentedIn → The Twelve Minor Prophets ⓘ

this entity surface form: Book of Zechariah