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[[Image:Nahum manuscript.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A 14th century manuscript showing the beginning of the book of Nahum.]]
The '''Book of Nahum''' is a book in the [[Old Testament]], and the seventh of the [[minor prophets]]. [[Nahum]] is closely-linked with [[Jonah]], both of whom bring messages of destruction to [[Nineveh]], the capital of the [[Assyria|Assyrian]] empire. It differs from the other prophetic books in that it doesn't contain detailed prophecies, nor does it "upbraid the people for their failings, which are two things that most of the other prophets do. The Book of Nahum is a short book [consisting of] a series of three poems", the first of which is an [[acrostic]] [[Poetry|poem]].<ref>Prof. Christine Hayes. 8 November 2006. [http://oyc.yale.edu/religious-studies/introduction-to-the-old-testament-hebrew-bible/content/transcripts/transcript18.html ''Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible)''] Lecture 18 Transcript. Yale University. Retrieved 28 July 2008.</ref>
==Language==
The book was written entirely in [[Hebrew]]. Due to its lyrical construction, many commentators have described it as a [[psalm]]. The first section is an "acrostic", or alphabetical, poem, each line beginning with successive letters of the [[Hebrew alphabet]].
==Author==
==Provenance==
==To whom written==
==Structure and content==
==External links==
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Old Testament Books]]
[[Category:Biblical Books]]
The '''Book of Nahum''' is a book in the [[Old Testament]], and the seventh of the [[minor prophets]]. [[Nahum]] is closely-linked with [[Jonah]], both of whom bring messages of destruction to [[Nineveh]], the capital of the [[Assyria|Assyrian]] empire. It differs from the other prophetic books in that it doesn't contain detailed prophecies, nor does it "upbraid the people for their failings, which are two things that most of the other prophets do. The Book of Nahum is a short book [consisting of] a series of three poems", the first of which is an [[acrostic]] [[Poetry|poem]].<ref>Prof. Christine Hayes. 8 November 2006. [http://oyc.yale.edu/religious-studies/introduction-to-the-old-testament-hebrew-bible/content/transcripts/transcript18.html ''Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible)''] Lecture 18 Transcript. Yale University. Retrieved 28 July 2008.</ref>
==Language==
The book was written entirely in [[Hebrew]]. Due to its lyrical construction, many commentators have described it as a [[psalm]]. The first section is an "acrostic", or alphabetical, poem, each line beginning with successive letters of the [[Hebrew alphabet]].
==Author==
==Provenance==
==To whom written==
==Structure and content==
==External links==
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Old Testament Books]]
[[Category:Biblical Books]]