RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Haggai

550 BC - Today

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Haggai or Aggeus (; Hebrew: חַגַּי – Ḥaggay; Koine Greek: Ἀγγαῖος; Latin: Aggaeus) was a Hebrew prophet active during the building of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, one of the twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible, and the author or subject of the Book of Haggai. He is known for his prophecy in 520 BCE, commanding the Jews to rebuild the Temple. He was the first of three post-exilic prophets from the Neo-Babylonian Exile of the House of Judah (with Zechariah, his contemporary, and Malachi, who lived about one hundred years later), who belonged to the period of Jewish history which began after the return from captivity in Babylon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Haggai has received more than 562,949 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Haggai is the 508th most popular religious figure (down from 499th in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from Israel (down from 64th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Israeli Religious Figure.

Haggai is most famous for being the prophet who urged the Jews to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem.

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  • 560k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Haggai ranks 508 out of 3,187. Before him are Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair, 13th Dalai Lama, Rāhula, Maria al-Qibtiyya, Paul of Thebes, and Rose of Lima. After him are Saint Sarah, Malachi, Pope Victor I, Simeon, Saint Florian, and Jehoshaphat.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 550 BC, Haggai ranks 6. Before him are Darius the Great, Cambyses II, Hecataeus of Miletus, Zechariah, and Aristides. After him are Ephialtes of Trachis, Mahākāśyapa, Atossa, Kapila, Goujian, and Labashi-Marduk.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Haggai ranks 70 out of 466. Before him are Ada Yonath (1939), Micah (-737), Ezer Weizman (1924), Rabbi Akiva (50), Uzziah (-900), and Manasseh of Judah (-800). After him are Simeon (null), James, brother of Jesus (-20), Gal Gadot (1985), Jehoiakim (-634), Edward Said (1935), and Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi (1947).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Israel

Among religious figures born in Israel, Haggai ranks 32. Before him are Joel (-1), James, son of Alphaeus (-10), Barabbas (1), Nehemiah (-490), Micah (-737), and Rabbi Akiva (50). After him are Simeon (null), James, brother of Jesus (-20), Penitent thief (-18), Annas (-22), Canaan (null), and Nicodemus (-50).

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