Book Written: Unknown according to HC; about 450 BC according to Baker.
Time Period/Setting: The fall of Jerusalem in 587 BC and after.
Title: The prophet's name which means 'servant of the Lord.'
The single-chapter book begins in the genre of 'oracles against the nations' with an oracle against Edom. The reason Edom would be the subject of an oracle is because the Edomites helped Babylonians in the sacking of Jerusalem.
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