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Minor Prophets
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The Minor Prophets, or Book of the Twelve (Gk.
Dōdekaprophēton; Lat.
Prophetae Minores, first so designated by Augustine,
De civ. Dei
18.29), conclude the second part of the canon (§1) in the Hebrew Bible, namely, the Prophets. Unlike the tradition of the Reformation, the older tradition understands the 12 writings as a single book (see Sir. 49:10;
B. Bat.
14b/15a) and organizes them according to a chronological principle. The first group includes ¶ the prophets dating (either actually or allegedly) to the eighth century: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, an…
