Joel, Obadiah, Habakkuk, Zephaniah: an introduction and study guide
"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 eschatolog...
| 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."-- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Joel, Obadiah, Habakkuk, Zephaniah and the book of the Twelve 6 -- Part One Joel -- 2 Reading Joel as a composite literary work: The structure and unity of the book -- 3 The contexts of Joel: Historical, literary and canonical -- 4 The setting and genre of Joel -- 5 Locusts, armies and the Day of the Lord in the book of Joel -- Part Two Obadiah -- 6 The composition and unity of the book of Obadiah -- 7 The historical background of Obadiah -- 8 The genre, setting and purpose of Obadiah -- 9 Edom and the image of the other Part Three Habakkuk -- 10 Interpretation problems in the book of Habakkuk -- 11 The righteous and the wicked: The contexts and meaning of Habakkuk 1-2 -- 12 The prayer of Habakkuk (chapter 3) -- 13 Theodicy, empire and violence: Reflections on the theology of Habakkuk Part Four Zephaniah -- 14 The genre and structures of the book of Zephaniah -- 15 Zephaniah the prophet -- 16 Zephaniah's oracles against the nations and the composition of 1.1-3.8 -- 17 Zephaniah's message of hope (3.9-20) and the canonical shape of the book -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0567692833 |
| Access: | Abstract freely available; full-text restricted to individual document purchasers |