The twelve prophets

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The twelve prophets

Marvin A. Sweeney ; David W. Cotter, editor ; Jerome T. Walsh, Chris Franke, associate editors

(Berit olam series)

Liturgical Press, 2000

  • vol. 1
  • vol. 2

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • vol. 1: tytle is "Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah"
  • vol. 2: tytle is "Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi"

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

vol. 2 ISBN 9780814650912

Description

There is generally no common material that binds together the works of the individual prophets that comprise the Twelve, but through Sweeney's commentary they stand together as a single, clearly defined book among the other prophetic books of the Bible. The Book of the Twelve Prophets is a multifaceted literary composition that functions simultaneously in all Jewish and Christian versions of the Bible as a single prophetic book and as a collection of twelve individual prophetic books. Each of the twelve individual books - Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi - begins with its own narrative introduction that identifies the prophet and provides details concerning the historical setting and literary characteristics. In this manner each book is clearly distinguished from the others within the overall framework of the Twelve. By employing a combination of literary methodologies, such as reader response criticism, canonical criticism, and structural form criticism, Sweeney establishes the literary structure of the Book of the Twelve as a whole, and of each book with their respective ideological or theological perspectives. An introductory chapter orients readers to questions posed by reading the Book of the Twelve as a coherent piece of literature and to a literary overview of the Twelve. Sweeney then treats each of the twelve individual prophetic books in the order of the Masoretic canon, providing a discussion of each one's structure, theme, and outlook. This is followed by a detailed literary discussion of the textual units that comprise the book.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Micah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 For Further Reading . . . . . . 415 Nahum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417 For Further Reading . . . . . . 448 Zephaniah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491 For Further Reading . . . . . . 525 Haggai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527 For Further Reading . . . . . . 556 Zechariah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559 For Further Reading . . . . . . 707 Malachi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711 For Further Reading . . . . . . 751 Indices Author Index . . . . . . . . . . . . 753 Scripture Index 1 . . . . . . . . 761 Introduction, Hosea, Joel Scripture Index 2 . . . . . . . . . 772 Amos, Obadiah, Jonah Scripture Index 3 . . . . . . . . 779 Micah, Naham, Habakkuk, Zephaniah Scripture Index 4 . . . . . . . . 790 Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi
Volume

vol. 1 ISBN 9780814650950

Description

There is generally no common material that binds together the works of the individual prophets that comprise the Twelve, but through Sweeney's commentary they stand together as a single, clearly defined book among the other prophetic books of the Bible. The Book of the Twelve Prophets is a multifaceted literary composition that functions simultaneously in all Jewish and Christian versions of the Bible as a single prophetic book and as a collection of twelve individual prophetic books. Each of the twelve individual books - Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi - begins with its own narrative introduction that identifies the prophet and provides details concerning the historical setting and literary characteristics. In this manner each book is clearly distinguished from the others within the overall framework of the Twelve. By employing a combination of literary methodologies, such as reader response criticism, canonical criticism, and structural form criticism, Sweeney establishes the literary structure of the Book of the Twelve as a whole, and of each book with their respective ideological or theological perspectives. An introductory chapter orients readers to questions posed by reading the Book of the Twelve as a coherent piece of literature and to a literary overview of the Twelve. Sweeney then treats each of the twelve individual prophetic books in the order of the Masoretic canon, providing a discussion of each one's structure, theme, and outlook. This is followed by a detailed literary discussion of the textual units that comprise the book.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv For Further Reading . . . . . . . . . xl Hosea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 For Further Reading . . . . . . . . 142 Joel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 For Further Reading . . . . . . . . 186 Amos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 For Further Reading . . . . . . . . 275 Obadiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 For Further Reading . . . . . . . 299 Jonah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 For Further Reading . . . . . . . 333

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