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Obadiah | |
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.jpg) Obadiah in a Russian icon (first quarter of the 18th century) | |
| Prophet | |
| Died | Unknown |
| Venerated in | Judaism Christianity Islam |
| Feast | 19 November (Catholic, Lutheran, and Eastern Orthodox churches) 15 Tobi (Coptic) |
| Attributes | Prophet with his index finger of his right hand pointing upward[1] |
| Major works | Book of Obadiah |
Obadiah (/oʊbəˈdaɪ.ə/; Hebrew: עֹבַדְיָה – ʿŌḇaḏyā or עֹבַדְיָהוּ – ʿŌḇaḏyāhū; "servant or slave of Yah"), also known as Abdias,[2] is a biblical prophet. The authorship of the Book of Obadiah is traditionally attributed to the prophet Obadiah.
The majority of scholars date the Book of Obadiah to shortly after the fall of Jerusalem in 587 BC.[3] As part of the recent Persian turn in Minor Prophets scholarship, the Book of Obadiah is considered to have been shaped by the conflicts between Yehud and the Edomites in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE and to have evolved through a process of redaction.[4][5]
- ^ Stracke, Richard (2015-10-20). "The Prophet Obadiah". Christian Iconography.
- ^ "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Abdias". www.newadvent.org. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
- ^ Riding, Charles Bruce. “Dating Obadiah to 801 BC”. Reformed Theological Review 80, no. 3 (December 1, 2021): 189–217. Accessed January 7, 2025. https://rtrjournal.org/index.php/RTR/article/view/286
- ^ Becking, Bob (2021). Julia M. O'Brien (ed.). The Oxford Handbook of the Minor Prophets. Oxford University Press. pp. 437–448. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190673208.013.28.
The constant quarrels between the Persian province Yehud and the Edomites in the fifth and fourth centuries BCE should hence be seen as the delivery room for the traditions leading to the book of Obadiah. This book articulates and ventilates the way in which the inhabitants of Jerusalem and surroundings found a way to cope with the Edomite threat. Not a single event but a string of events stands at the background of this biblical book. This also indicates that Obadiah in its present form is the final product of a process of redaction and rewriting.
- ^ Ben Zvi, Ehud. 1996. A Historical-Critical Study of the book of Obadiah. BZAW 242. Berlin: de Gruyter.