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Activity 1|Activity 2|Activity 4|Activity 5
Process
Activity 3: Know Your
Prophets in the Hebrew Scriptures
Group 5: Your Prophets are Daniel, Habukkuk
Complete the tasks for Habukkuk.
2 Habukkuk
Use the following information and the
listed resources to complete your tasks.
Habukkuk
- His Profile
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His Name Means |
'embraced' |
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Appears |
The
Book of Habakkuk |
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Personal
Details |
No
personal details are known about Habakkuk, but he tackles a perennial question: how can
God allow wicked people to prosper? What fairness is there in Judah being punished for
relatively minor transgressions by people like the Babylonians, who regularly commit major
atrocities and seem to get away with it? |
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Special
Interest |
The
woes in 2:6-20 and the canticle in chapter 3 make some scholars believe this book was
composed for use in the Temple worship. Habakkuk has in fact arranged his material not to
write a history book but to stress his message: the power of God over human history and
the call to trust and faithfulness (see 2:4) The strongest challenge to a simple view of
God's justice in history was given by the prophet Habakkuk. |
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Time |
The
content of the book indicates that it belongs after Babylon had defeated Egypt at the
Battle of Carchemish (605 BC) and before the first invasion of Jerusalem in 597 BC. Its
messages are therefore slightly later than Nahum, and during the reign of Jehoiakim (609 -
597 BC). Habakkuk must have been roughly contemporary with Jeremiah.
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Key
Themes/
Messages |
Sin
and punishment The
book ends with a magnificent poem in praise of God's love and glory, reassuring its
readers that God is in control and can be trusted. |
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Key
Passages |
Why
do evil people prosper? (Habakkuk 1) God's Answer (Habakkuk 2)
A Psalm of Praise (Habakkuk 3) |
Sources:
Bower, J. 1998, The Complete Bible Handbook - An Illustrated Companion,Dorling
Kindersley, UK
Brown, R.E., Fitzmyer, J.A.,and Murphy, R.E., 1992. The New Jerome Bible
Handbook, Geoffrey Chapman, England
Comay, J., and, Browning, R., 1980. Who's Who in the Old Testament,
Bonanza Books, NY
Drane, J.(ed), 1998, The Lion Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Bible,
Lion Publishing, England
Motyer, S. 1998. Who's Who in the Bible - An Illustrated Guide,
Dorling Kindersley, UK
Resources
Catholic Encyclopedia - Habakkuk (difficult reading)
Bible Study - Habakkuk
Bible Basics - Habakkuk (scroll down the left hand side to
Habakkuk)
When you have completed
Activity 3, go to Process
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