Malachi

For the prophetic book, see Book of Malachi. For other uses, see Malachy (disambiguation).

The Prophet Malachi, painting by Duccio di Buoninsegna, c. 1310 (Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena Cathedral).

Malachi, Malachias or Mal'achi ( /ˈmæləkaɪ/; Hebrew: מַלְאָכִי, Modern Mal'akhi Tiberian Malʼāḵî ; "My Messenger", see malakh) was a Jewish prophet in the Hebrew Bible. He had two brothers, Nathaniel and Josiah. Malachi was the writer of the Book of Malachi, the last book of the Neviim (prophets) section in the Jewish Tanakh. In the Christian Old Testament, the Prophetic Books are placed last, making Book of Malachi the last Old Testament book before the New Testament. No allusion is made to him by Ezra, however, and he does not directly mention the restoration of the temple. The editors of the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia implied that he prophesied after Haggai and Zechariah (Malachi 1:10; 3:1, 3:10) and speculated that he delivered his prophecies about 420 BC, after the second return of Nehemiah from Persia (Book of Nehemiah13:6), or possibly before his return, comparing Malachi 2:8 with Nehemiah 13:15; Malachi 2:10-16 with Nehemiah 13:23).

According to the 1897 Easton's Bible Dictionary, it is possible that Malachi is not a proper name, but simply means "messenger of YHWH".^[1] The Septuagint superscription is ὲν χειρὶ ἀγγήλου αὐτοῦ, (by the hand of his messenger).

See also

• Tomb of the Prophets Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi

References

• This article incorporates text from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), a publication now in the public domain.
• This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain.
•  A. Van Hoonacker (1913). "Malachias (Malachi)". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 

1. ^ Malachi at the Easton's Bible Dictionary

External links

• Prophet Malachi Orthodox icon and synaxarion
• The Oracle of Malachi - A verse-by-verse journey through Malachi, connecting 2,500 years ago with today.