Book of Nahum

Isaiah	Yeshayahu
Jeremiah	Yirmeyahu
Ezekiel	Yekhezqel

Joshua	Yehoshua
Judges	Shofetim
Samuel	Shemuel
Kings	Melakhim

Genesis	Bereshit
Exodus	Shemot
Leviticus	Wayiqra
Numbers	Bemidbar
Deuteronomy	Devarim

The Book of Nahum is the seventh book of the 12 minor prophets of the Hebrew Bible. The book has three chapters.^[1] It is attributed to the prophet Nahum. The most general historical setting of Nahum as a prophet was 663 BC to 612 BC, while the historical setting that produced the book of Nahum is debated, with proposed timeframes ranging from shortly after the fall of Thebes in 663 BC to the Maccabean period around 175-165 BC.^[2] Another view, held by the ancient historian Josephus, proposes that the book of Nahum was from the reign of Jotham.^[3] This identification is supported by both the Greek Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate, both of which refer to Thebes in the present tense rather than the past tense.^[4]^[5] Its principal theme is the destruction of the Assyrian city of Nineveh.^[6]

^ "The Bible (online)".
^ Christensen, Duane L. (2009). Nahum: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. Anchor Yale Bible. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 53–54. The historical setting of the work of Nahum as a prophet is the fifty-year period between 663 and 612 BCE. These dates are fixed by reference to the fall of Thebes in 663 BCE, which is described as an event in the past (3:8), and by the fact that Nineveh was destroyed in 612 BC. Even with this relatively narrow window of time, however, the quest to recover the historical setting that produced the book of Nahum has produced at least six options: Soon after the fall of Thebes to Ashurbanipal in 663 BCE; Around the time of Ashurbanipal's death (ca. 630 BCE); Just before the fall of Nineveh in 612 BCE; Shortly after the fall of Assyria; After the fall of Assyria in the exilic and/or postexilic period; The Maccabean period (ca. 175-165 BCE)
^ Josephus, Flavius (1958). Vol. VI: Jewish Antiquities, Books IX–XI. Loeb Classical Library. Vol. 326. Translated by Marcus, William. London: William Heinemann. pp. 125–129, XI.xi.2–3.
^ https://biblehub.com/sep/nahum/3.htm
^ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Nahum%203&version=VULGATE
^ O'Brien, J. M., 33. Nahum, in Barton, J. and Muddiman, J. (2001), The Oxford Bible Commentary, p. 599

[1] "The Bible (online)".

[2] Christensen, Duane L. (2009). Nahum: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. Anchor Yale Bible. New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 53–54. The historical setting of the work of Nahum as a prophet is the fifty-year period between 663 and 612 BCE. These dates are fixed by reference to the fall of Thebes in 663 BCE, which is described as an event in the past (3:8), and by the fact that Nineveh was destroyed in 612 BC. Even with this relatively narrow window of time, however, the quest to recover the historical setting that produced the book of Nahum has produced at least six options: Soon after the fall of Thebes to Ashurbanipal in 663 BCE; Around the time of Ashurbanipal's death (ca. 630 BCE); Just before the fall of Nineveh in 612 BCE; Shortly after the fall of Assyria; After the fall of Assyria in the exilic and/or postexilic period; The Maccabean period (ca. 175-165 BCE)

[3] Josephus, Flavius (1958). Vol. VI: Jewish Antiquities, Books IX–XI. Loeb Classical Library. Vol. 326. Translated by Marcus, William. London: William Heinemann. pp. 125–129, XI.xi.2–3.

[4] ttps://biblehub.com/sep/nahum/3.htm

[5] ttps://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Nahum%203&version=VULGATE

[6] O'Brien, J. M., 33. Nahum, in Barton, J. and Muddiman, J. (2001), The Oxford Bible Commentary, p. 599

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