Realigning the Cosmos: The intertextual image of judgment and restoration in Zephaniah
Two extensive intertextual voices in the final-form of Zephaniah consist of Gen 1-11 (in Zeph 1.2-3; 2.11-15; 3.9-10) and Isaiah (in Zeph 2.15; 3.9-10, 14-17). Although often explored independently, these intertextual voices overlap in Zeph 2.11-15 and 3.9-10, constructing a dialogue. This study arg...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2020]
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament
Year: 2020, Volume: 45, Issue: 1, Pages: 111-127 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Zephaniah
/ Bible. Zefanja 1,2-3
/ Bible. Zefanja 2,11
/ Bible. Zefanja 2,12
/ Bible. Zefanja 2,13-15
/ Bible. Zefanja 3,9-10
/ Bible. Zefanja 3,14-18
/ Isaiah
/ Bible. Genesis 1-11,26
/ Judgment of God
/ Court
/ Restoration
/ Creation
/ Intertextuality
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament NBD Doctrine of Creation |
| Further subjects: | B
Zephaniah
B Creation B Restoration B Temple B Intertextuality B Persian Period B Isaiah B Genesis 1-11 B Judgment |
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| Summary: | Two extensive intertextual voices in the final-form of Zephaniah consist of Gen 1-11 (in Zeph 1.2-3; 2.11-15; 3.9-10) and Isaiah (in Zeph 2.15; 3.9-10, 14-17). Although often explored independently, these intertextual voices overlap in Zeph 2.11-15 and 3.9-10, constructing a dialogue. This study argues that this intertextual dialogue reorients the surrounding pronouncements of judgment and salvation along cosmic lines. This dialogue reframes the message of Zephaniah within a chiastic structure in which judgment against Jerusalem inaugurates the undoing of creation (A. Zeph 1.2-3). The voices of Isaiah and Gen 1-11 direct this undoing toward the nations, which culminates in the undoing of an archetypal Mesopotamian cultic center (B. Zeph 2.11b-15). Following this, the nations are reoriented around Jerusalem as the new international cultic center (B’. Zeph 3.9-10). This reorientation culminates in Jerusalem’s praise on account of its cosmic restoration (A’. Zeph 3.14-17). |
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| ISSN: | 1476-6728 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the Old Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0309089219864613 |