Editing Book of Habakkuk (section)

===Judaism===
The Book of Habakkuk is the eighth book of the Twelve Prophets of the [[Hebrew Bible]],{{sfnp|Cross|2005}} and this collection appears in all copies of texts of the [[Septuagint]],{{sfnp|Baker|1988|p=46}} the [[Ancient Greek]] translation of the Hebrew Bible completed by 132 BC. Likewise, the book of [[Sirach]] (or Ecclesiasticus), also written in the 2nd century BC, mentions "[[Trei Asar|The Twelve Prophets]]".{{sfnp|Hirsch|Blau|Kohler|Schmidt|1906}}

A partial copy of Habakkuk itself is included in the [[Habakkuk Commentary]], a ''[[pesher]]'' found among the original seven [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] discovered in 1947. The Commentary contains a copy of the first two chapters of Habakkuk, but not of the third chapter.{{sfnp|Wise|Abegg|Cook|1996|p=115}} The writer of the ''pesher'' draws a comparison between the Babylonian invasion of the original text and the Roman threat of the writer's own period.{{sfnp|Wise|Abegg|Cook|1996|p=115}} What is even more significant than the commentary in the ''pesher'' is the quoted text of Habakkuk itself. The divergences between the Hebrew text of the scroll and the standard [[Masoretic Text]] are startlingly minimal. The biggest differences are word order, small grammatical variations, addition or omission of conjunctions, and spelling variations, but these are small enough not to damage the meaning of the text.{{sfnp|Harris|1966|pp=22–30}}{{sfnp|Clark|Hatton|1989|p=65}}

Some scholars suggest that Chapter 3 may be a later independent addition to the book,{{sfnp|Baker|1988|p=46}} in part because it is not included among the Dead Sea Scrolls.  However, this chapter does appear in all copies of the Septuagint, as well as in texts from as early as the 3rd century BC.{{sfnp|Baker|1988|p=46}} This final chapter is a poetic praise of God, and has some similarities with [[Exodus 19]],<ref>Gowan, D. E., ''34. Habakkuk'', in Barton, J. and Muddiman, J. (2001), [https://b-ok.org/dl/946961/8f5f43 The Oxford Bible Commentary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122193211/http://b-ok.org/dl/946961/8f5f43 |date=2017-11-22 }}, p. 603</ref> and with texts found in the [[Book of Daniel]]. However, the fact that the third chapter is written in a different style, as a liturgical piece, does not necessarily mean that Habakkuk was not also its author.{{sfnp|Cross|2005}}