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词条 Obadiah
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  1. Prophet Obadiah

      Rabbinic tradition    Christian tradition  

  2. Other Obadiahs in the Hebrew Bible

  3. References

      Citations    Sources  

  4. External links

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Obadiah ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|oʊ|b|ə|ˈ|d|aɪ|.|ə|}}; {{lang-he-n|עובדיה}} ʿOvadyah or {{Hebrew|עבדיהו}} ʿOvadyahu,[2] or in Modern Hebrew Ovadyah; "slave of God") is a Biblical theophorical name, meaning "servant of God" or "worshiper of Yahweh".[3] The form of Obadiah's name used in the Septuagint is Obdios; in Latin it is Abdias; in Arabic it is عوبديا ʿŪbadyā. The Bishops' Bible has it as Abdi.

Prophet Obadiah

The political situation implied in the prophecy points to a time after the Exile, probably in the mid-fifth century B.C. No value can be attributed to traditions identifying this prophet with King Ahab's steward (... so Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 39b) or with King Ahaziah's captain (... so Pseudo-Epiphanius...).

— The Interpreters' Bible[4]

Rabbinic tradition

According to the Talmud, Obadiah is said to have been a convert to Judaism from Edom,[5] a descendant of Eliphaz, the friend of Job. He is identified with the Obadiah who was the servant of Ahab, and it is said that he was chosen to prophesy against Edom because he was himself an Edomite. Moreover, having lived with two such godless persons as Ahab and Jezebel without learning to act as they did, he seemed the most suitable person to prophesy against Esau (Edom).

Obadiah is supposed to have received the gift of prophecy for having hidden the "hundred prophets" ({{Bibleverse|1|Kings|18:4|HE}}) from the persecution of Jezebel.[5] He hid the prophets in two caves, so that if those in one cave should be discovered those in the other might yet escape (1 Kings {{Bibleverse-nb|1|Kings|18:3–4|HE}}).

Obadiah was very rich, but all his wealth was expended in feeding the poor prophets, until, in order to be able to continue to support them, finally he had to borrow money at interest from Ahab's son Jehoram.[6] Obadiah's fear of God was one degree higher than that of Abraham; and if the house of Ahab had been capable of being blessed, it would have been blessed for Obadiah's sake.[5]

Christian tradition

In some Christian traditions he is said to have been born in "Sychem" (Shechem), and to have been the third centurion sent out by Ahaziah against Elijah.[7][10] The date of his ministry is unclear due to certain historical ambiguities in the book bearing his name, but is believed to be around 586 B.C.

He is regarded as a saint by several Eastern churches. His feast day is celebrated on the 15th day of the Coptic Month Tobi (January 23/24) in the Coptic Orthodox Church. The Eastern Orthodox Church and those Eastern Catholic Churches which follow the Byzantine Rite celebrate his memory on November 19. (For those churches which follow the traditional Julian Calendar, November 19 currently falls on December 2 of the modern Gregorian Calendar.)

He is celebrated on February 28 in the Syriac and Malankara Churches, and with the other Minor prophets in the Calendar of saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church on July 31.

According to an old tradition, Obadiah is buried in Sebastia, at the same site as Elisha and where later the body of John the Baptist was believed to have been buried by his followers.[8]

It is related to "Abdeel", "servant of God", which is also cognate to the Arabic name "Abdullah" or "Obaidullah". The equivalent Turkish name is Abdil or Abdi.

Other Obadiahs in the Hebrew Bible

Other individuals named Obadiah in the Old Testament are listed as:

  • the servant of king Ahab of Israel ({{Bibleverse|1|Kings|18:3|HE}}). According to the rabbinic tradition, the tradition of the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches, this is the same individual as the prophet.[9]
  • the son of Hananiah, a descendant of king David of Israel through Solomon (1 Chronicles {{Bibleverse-nb|1|Chronicles|3:21|HE}})
  • the son of Uzzi, a descendant of the Hebrew patriarch Issachar ({{Bibleverse|1|Chronicles|7:3|HE}})
  • the son of Azel, a descendant of King Saul of Israel through Jonathan ({{Bibleverse|1|Chronicles|8:38|HE}})
  • the son of Shemaiah, a descendant of the Hebrew patriarch Levi ({{Bibleverse|1|Chronicles|9:16|HE}})
  • a warrior of the Tribe of Gad who served King David ({{Bibleverse|1|Chronicles|12:9|HE}})
  • the father of Ishmaiah, governor of the tribe of Zebulun during the reign of King David ({{Bibleverse|1|Chronicles|27:19|HE}})
  • a prince of the southern kingdom of Judah during the reign of King Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles {{Bibleverse-nb|2|Chronicles|17:7|HE}})
  • a Levite, overseer of the reconstruction efforts during the reforms of King Josiah of Judah ({{Bibleverse|2|Chronicles|34:12|HE}})
  • the son of Joab, one of the individuals who returned from the Babylonian captivity with the priestly scribe Ezra, and possibly the Levite mentioned in (Nehemiah {{Bibleverse-nb||Nehemiah|8:9|HE}}) as a porter of Jerusalem's gates after the city's reconstruction under Nehemiah (Ezra {{Bibleverse-nb||Ezra|8:9|HE}})

References

Citations

1. ^{{cite web |last1=Stracke |first1=Richard |title= The Prophet Obadiah | url = http://www.christianiconography.info/Edited%20in%202013/Italy/abiasAccademia.html |website=Christian Iconography | date=2015-10-20}}
2. ^{{bibleverse|1 Kings|18:2|HE}}
3. ^New Bible Dictionary, second edition. Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL, USA.
4. ^The Interpreter's Bible, 1953, Volume VI, pp. 857–859, John A. Thompson
5. ^{{Citation | last = | first = | author-link = | last2= | first2= | author2-link= | contribution =Tract Sanhedrin, Volume VIII, XVI, Part II (Haggada), Chapter XI | year = | publication-date= | title =The Babylonian Talmud | editor-last = | editor-first = | editor-link= | edition= | volume = | series = | page =376 | place =Boston | publisher =The Talmud Society | id = | isbn = | url = http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/t08/t0814.htm | accessdate = }} Translated by Michael L. Rodkinson
6. ^Midrash Exodus Rabbah xxxi. 3
7. ^{{bibleverse|2 Kings|1|HE}}
8. ^Denys Pringle, The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A Corpus. Vol. 2: LZ (excluding Tyre), p. 283.
9. ^{{Citation | last = | first = | author-link = | last2= | first2= | author2-link= | contribution = | year =1998 | publication-date= | title =The Lives of the Holy Prophets | editor-last = | editor-first = | editor-link= | edition= | volume = | series = | page =4 | place =Buena Vista CO | publisher =Holy Apostles Convent | id = | isbn =0-944359-12-4 | url = | accessdate = | author =compilation and translation by Holy Apostles Convent. }}

Sources

Book
  • Holweck, F. G., A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co., 1924.

External links

  • Prophet Obadiah (Abdias) Orthodox icon and synaxarion
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