| Description |
1 online resource |
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T & T Clark Study Guides to the Old Testament |
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T & T Clark study guides to the Old Testament.
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| Contents |
Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Series preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Commentaries on Joel, Obadiah, Habakkuk, Zephaniah; Chapter 1: Joel, Obadiah, Habakkuk, Zephaniah and the book of the Twelve; The book of the Twelve hypothesis; Evaluating the hypothesis; Conclusion; Further study; Part 1: Joel; Chapter 2: Reading Joel as a composite literary work: The structure and unity of the book; The structures of Joel; Unity; Conclusion: Reading Joel as a composite unity; Further study; Chapter 3: The contexts of Joel: Historical, literary and canonical |
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The historical context of JoelThe literary and canonical context: Joel and the book of the Twelve; Conclusion: The contexts of Joel; Further study; Chapter 4: The setting and genre of Joel; A cultic book?; An apocalyptic book?; A 'learned prophecy'?; Two didactic books about the present and the future; Further study; Chapter 5: Locusts, armies and the Day of the Lord in the book of Joel; The disaster; The Day of the Lord; Conclusion: The Day of the Lord in the two books of Joel; Further study; Part 2: Obadiah; Chapter 6: The composition and unity of the book of Obadiah; Further study |
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Chapter 7: The historical background of ObadiahThe sin of Edom (vv. 10-14); The punishment of Edom (vv. 7-9); The date(s) of Obadiah; Further study; Chapter 8: The genre, setting and purpose of Obadiah; Further study; Chapter 9: Edom and the image of the other; Ways of understanding and interpreting Obadiah's invective; Hermeneutical strategies for reading Obadiah; Further study; Part 3: Habakkuk; Chapter 10: Interpretation problems in the book of Habakkuk; The oracle in 1.1; The connection of 1.2-4, 1.5-11 and 1.12-17; The vision in 2.1-4(5) |
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The identity of the wicked in the woe oracles 2.(5)6-20The prayer (3.1-19); Further study; Chapter 11: The righteous and the wicked: The contexts and meaning of Habakkuk 1-2; The historical context(s) of Habakkuk; The wicked are Judeans; The wicked are a foreign nation; Redactional changes in the identity of the wicked; Habakkuk and cultic prophecy; Further study; Chapter 12: The prayer of Habakkuk (chapter 3); The connection of chapter three to chapters one and two; Date and provenance of chapter three; Conclusion; Further study |
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Chapter 13: Theodicy, empire and violence: Reflections on the theology of HabakkukTheodicy and the final formof the book; Challenging empire (Habakkuk 1-2); God and violence (Habakkuk 3); Further study; Part 4: Zephaniah; Chapter 14: The genre and structures of the book of Zephaniah; The genre of the book of Zephaniah; The structures of the book; Conclusion; Further study; Chapter 15: Zephaniah the prophet; Can we know anything about the historical prophet?; Going back in time: The earlier stages of the Zephaniah tradition; The first Zephaniah scroll (1.1-2.3) |
| Summary |
"Tchavdar S. Hadjiev introduces students to the books of Joel, Obadiah, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah (the Minor Prophets) in their original historical contexts and to the issues surrounding their composition and interpretation. Hadjiev pays particular attention to important topics such as eschatology, prophecy and cult, intertextuality, theodicy and the genre of the prophetic book. Readers will come to grips with the key themes of judgment, repentance, and salvation in relation to their historical and canonical contexts. Finally, Hadjiev provides a theological evaluation of the prophetic attitude to foreigners and the vision of their final destruction, which is pervasive in Joel, Obadiah, Habakkuk and Zephaniah, and helps readers to grapple with this theme in a modern context."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
The date and profile of Zephaniah's activity |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed January 20, 2020) |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Joel -- Introductions
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Bible. Obadiah -- Introductions
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Bible. Habakkuk -- Introductions
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Bible. Zechariah -- Introductions
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Bible. Habakkuk fast |
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Bible. Joel fast |
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Bible. Obadiah fast |
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Bible. Zechariah fast |
| Subject |
Biblical studies & exegesis.
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Religion -- Biblical Studies -- Prophecy.
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| Genre/Form |
Introductions
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780567680488 |
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0567680487 |
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9780567680495 |
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0567680495 |
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9780567680471 |
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0567680479 |
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