The Twelve Minor Prophets

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biblical book collection section of the Christian Old Testament section of the Hebrew Bible

The Twelve Minor Prophets are a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, traditionally grouped together as a single unit.

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All labels observed (19)

Label	Occurrences
Minor Prophets	15
Twelve Minor Prophets	9
The Twelve Minor Prophets canonical	5
Book of Haggai	2
Book of Joel	2
Book of Zechariah	2
Book of Amos	1
Book of Habakkuk	1
Book of Hosea	1
Book of Malachi	1
Book of Micah	1
Book of Nahum	1
Book of Obadiah	1
Book of Zephaniah	1
Minor Prophets (The Twelve)	1
Minor prophets	1
The Minor Prophets	1
The Twelve Prophets	1
prophet Haggai	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T157728 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Twelve Minor Prophets
Context triple: [Septuagint, includesBook, The Twelve Minor Prophets]

A. Book of Ezekiel
The Book of Ezekiel is a prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible that records the visions and messages of the prophet Ezekiel, focusing on divine judgment, the fall and restoration of Israel, and vivid symbolic imagery.
B. Book of Jeremiah
The Book of Jeremiah is a prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible that records the messages, warnings, and laments of the prophet Jeremiah concerning Judah’s impending judgment and eventual restoration.
C. Book of Isaiah
The Book of Isaiah is a major Old Testament prophetic text that combines messages of judgment and hope, traditionally attributed to the prophet Isaiah and highly influential in both Jewish and Christian theology.
D. Prophets
Prophets is a major section of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that contains the writings and historical accounts of Israel’s prophetic figures and their messages.
E. Lamentations
Lamentations is a biblical book of poetic dirges traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, mourning the destruction of Jerusalem and expressing profound grief, repentance, and hope in God’s mercy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Twelve Minor Prophets
Target entity description: The Twelve Minor Prophets are a collection of twelve shorter prophetic books in the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, traditionally grouped together as a single unit.

A. Book of Ezekiel
The Book of Ezekiel is a prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible that records the visions and messages of the prophet Ezekiel, focusing on divine judgment, the fall and restoration of Israel, and vivid symbolic imagery.
B. Book of Jeremiah
The Book of Jeremiah is a prophetic book of the Hebrew Bible that records the messages, warnings, and laments of the prophet Jeremiah concerning Judah’s impending judgment and eventual restoration.
C. Book of Isaiah
The Book of Isaiah is a major Old Testament prophetic text that combines messages of judgment and hope, traditionally attributed to the prophet Isaiah and highly influential in both Jewish and Christian theology.
D. Prophets
Prophets is a major section of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament that contains the writings and historical accounts of Israel’s prophetic figures and their messages.
E. Lamentations
Lamentations is a biblical book of poetic dirges traditionally attributed to the prophet Jeremiah, mourning the destruction of Jerusalem and expressing profound grief, repentance, and hope in God’s mercy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical book collection ⓘ section of the Christian Old Testament ⓘ section of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	The Book of the Twelve ⓘ linked to: The Twelve The Minor Prophets ⓘ linked to: The Twelve Minor Prophets The Twelve ⓘ
associatedReligionText	Christian Bible ⓘ linked to: Bible Tanakh ⓘ
canonicalIn	Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity Protestant churches ⓘ linked to: Protestant Christianity Rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
containsWork	Book of Amos ⓘ Book of Habakkuk ⓘ Book of Haggai ⓘ Book of Hosea ⓘ Book of Joel ⓘ Book of Jonah ⓘ Book of Malachi ⓘ Book of Micah ⓘ Book of Nahum ⓘ Book of Obadiah ⓘ Book of Zechariah ⓘ Book of Zephaniah ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Major Prophets ⓘ
genre	prophetic literature ⓘ
groupingCriterion	shorter length compared to Major Prophets ⓘ
language	Biblical Hebrew ⓘ linked to: Hebrew
literaryFunction	record of prophetic messages to Israel and Judah ⓘ
numberOfParts	12 ⓘ
partOf	Neviim ⓘ Prophets ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
scripturalCollectionOf	prophetic oracles ⓘ symbolic narratives ⓘ visions ⓘ
scripturalStatus	canonical ⓘ
testament	Hebrew Bible ⓘ linked to: Tanakh Old Testament ⓘ linked to: Bible
theologicalTheme	covenant faithfulness ⓘ day of the Lord ⓘ divine judgment ⓘ repentance ⓘ restoration ⓘ
traditionalAuthorshipType	prophetic authors ⓘ
traditionalOrderEnd	Malachi ⓘ
traditionalOrderStart	Hosea ⓘ