Tradition and Innovation in Haggai and Zechariah 1-8The prophets Haggai and Zechariah, near contemporaries, were active at a critical period in Israel's history. The recently restored Jerusalem community had come through national downfall and exile. Its religious and sociopolitical identity in the Persian Empire had to be established. This volume offers a thematic study of the prophetic response to that situation. The prophets, their status and their styles of prophecy are compared with those of their predecessors, as are their attitudes towards Israel's religious traditions. Their theological understanding of proper leadership, divine judgment, and Israel's relationship to other nations is compared with the developing theology of the classical prophets. The purpose is to discover whether Haggai, Zechariah and their tradents demonstrate continuity with, or divergence from, the prophetic traditions in which they stood. This study concludes that Haggai is a traditionalist, while Zechariah emerges as an innovative and radical theologian ahead of his time. |
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... later expansionary tradi- tion . Hebrew scrolls from the Dead Sea contained only a fragment from Zech . 1-8 ( 1.1-4 ) but about two - thirds of the text of Haggai is included on a scroll from Wadi Murabba'at and this supports MT in ...
... later expansionary tradi- tion . Hebrew scrolls from the Dead Sea contained only a fragment from Zech . 1-8 ( 1.1-4 ) but about two - thirds of the text of Haggai is included on a scroll from Wadi Murabba'at and this supports MT in ...
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... later level of skill . " This theory is supported by the fact that the word mb , which equates with the blocks of stone or metal , is con- nected predominantly with the means by which Moses received the 1. O. Eissfeldt , ' The Prophetic ...
... later level of skill . " This theory is supported by the fact that the word mb , which equates with the blocks of stone or metal , is con- nected predominantly with the means by which Moses received the 1. O. Eissfeldt , ' The Prophetic ...
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... later by the Priestly writers . For example , Gen. 5 where the list is referred to by the term " 5 . 2. 1 Kgs 14.19 ; 2 Kgs 1.18 and another 31 in Kings ; 1 Chron . 9.1 and nine others . 3. 1 Kgs 11.41 . 4. Num . 21.14-15 . 5. Josh ...
... later by the Priestly writers . For example , Gen. 5 where the list is referred to by the term " 5 . 2. 1 Kgs 14.19 ; 2 Kgs 1.18 and another 31 in Kings ; 1 Chron . 9.1 and nine others . 3. 1 Kgs 11.41 . 4. Num . 21.14-15 . 5. Josh ...
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... later than the period to which it refers . Similar caution about the reliability of the text as an accurate record of events must apply to the second passage concerning Gideon . It sug- gests that both he and the captured youth were ...
... later than the period to which it refers . Similar caution about the reliability of the text as an accurate record of events must apply to the second passage concerning Gideon . It sug- gests that both he and the captured youth were ...
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... later date . Did the prophets gather round them educated disciples , as Isa . 8.16 is sometimes taken to imply ? 3 No hint of this appears in the words of other eighth - century prophets who are portrayed as rather solitary figures ...
... later date . Did the prophets gather round them educated disciples , as Isa . 8.16 is sometimes taken to imply ? 3 No hint of this appears in the words of other eighth - century prophets who are portrayed as rather solitary figures ...
Contents
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Chapter 3 THE STYLE AND FORM OF PROPHECY IN HAGGAI AND ZECHARIAH 18 | 78 |
Chapter 4 LEADERSHIP IN THE RESTORATION COMMUNITY AND MESSIANISM | 125 |
Chapter 5 JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL AND THE PUNISHMENT OF THE NATION | 182 |
Chapter 6 ISRAEL YAHWEH AND THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD | 216 |
Chapter 7 CONCLUSION | 245 |
Bibliography | 249 |
Index of References | 258 |
Index of Authors | 264 |
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