(habakkuk (
i/həˈbækək/ or i/ˈhæbəkʊk/; Hebrew: חֲבַקּוּק; also spelled habacuc) was a prophet in the “hebrew bible”)
(he is the author of the “book of habakkuk”, the eighth of the collected twelve minor prophets)
(almost nothing is known about habakkuk, aside from what few facts are stated within the book of the bible bearing his name, or those inferences that may be drawn from that book)
(his name appears in the Bible only in Habakkuk 1:1 and 3:1, with no biographical details provided other than his title “the prophet”)
(even the origin of his name is uncertain)
(for almost every other prophet, more information is given, such as the name of the prophet’s hometown, his occupation, or information concerning his parentage or tribe)
(for habakkuk, however, there is no reliable account of any of these)
(although his home is not identified, scholars conclude that habakkuk lived in jerusalem at the time he wrote his prophecy)
(further analysis has provided an approximate date for his prophecy and possibilities concerning his activities and background)
(beyond the bible, considerable conjecture has been put forward over the centuries in the form of christian and rabbinic tradition, but such accounts are dismissed by modern scholars as speculative and apocryphal)