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The prophetical books of the old Testament are commonly divided into the five Major Prophets and the twelve Minor Prophets. Amos, Jonah, and Obadiah, the Bible books commented upon in this book, are listed among the Minor Prophets. But let us not misunderstand “minor.” The word has no reference to inspiration, importance, or value, but rather, to the length of the books. Many of the Minor...

THE BOOK OF OBADIAH AN INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK—Obadiah The human author of the book, Obadiah (meaning “the servant of Jehovah”), is one of the several “Obadiahs” of the Old Testament. We do not know whether our Obadiah is to be identified with one of the other “Obadiahs” of the Old Testament. If not, then all we know of our Obadiah is what we can learn of him from our book, which is little or nothing. THE ADDRESSEES OF THE BOOK—The Edomites (The great majority of the Bible’s
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