Zechariah (Hebrew prophet)




For other people with the same name, see Zechariah (disambiguation).



Zechariah as depicted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel


Zechariah [a] was a person in the Hebrew Bible and traditionally considered the author of the Book of Zechariah, the eleventh of the Twelve Minor Prophets. He was a prophet of the Kingdom of Judah, and, like the prophet Ezekiel, was of priestly extraction.




Contents






  • 1 Prophet


  • 2 Bahá'í Faith


  • 3 Liturgical commemoration


  • 4 See also


  • 5 Notes


  • 6 References





Prophet




Zechariah as depicted by James Tissot


The book of Zechariah introduces the prophet as the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo (Zechariah 1:1). The book of Ezra names Zechariah as the son of Iddo (Ezra 5:1 and Ezra 6:14), but it is likely that Berechiah was Zechariah's father, and Iddo was his grandfather.[1]


His prophetical career probably began in the second year of Darius, king of Persia (520 BC). His greatest concern appears to have been with the building of the Second Temple.[1]


He was probably not the "Zechariah" mentioned by Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke; Zechariah ben Jehoiada was more likely intended.[2]



Bahá'í Faith


Bahá'í teachers have made comparisons between the prophecies of Zechariah and the Súriy-i-Haykal in the Summons of the Lord of Hosts, a collection of the Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh.[3][importance?]



Liturgical commemoration


On the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar, his feast day is February 8. He is commemorated with the other Minor Prophets in the calendar of saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church on July 31. The Roman Catholic Church honors him with a feast day assigned to September 6.



See also







  • Tomb of the Prophets Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi


  • Zechariah (given name) for the derivation and translations of his name


  • Zechariah ben Jehoiada, a much earlier figure mentioned in 2 Chronicles


  • Zechariah (priest), the father of John the Baptist in the New Testament



Notes





  1. ^ (/zɛkəˈraɪ.ə/; Hebrew: זְכַרְיָה, Modern: Zekharya, Tiberian: Zəḵaryā, "YHWH has remembered"; Arabic: زكريّا‎ Zakariya' or Zakkariya; Greek: Ζαχαρίας Zakharias; Latin: Zacharias)




References


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  1. ^ ab Hirsch, Emil G. (1906). "Zechariah". In Cyrus Adler; et al. Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Co.


  2. ^ Pao & Schnabel on Luke 11:49–51 (2007). Beale & Carson, ed. Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament. ISBN 978-0801026935. most identify this figure with the Zechariah of 2 Chron. 24:20–25, who was killed in the temple court


  3. ^ Cynthia C. Shawamreh (December 1998). "Comparison of the Suriy-i-Haykal and the Prophecies of Zechariah". Wilmette Institute.













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