Tradition and Innovation in Haggai and Zechariah 1-8
The 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
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Preface
Abbreviations
Chapter 1 THE LITERARY COMPOSITION OF HAGGAI AND ZECHARIAH 1-8
Chapter 2 THE PROPHETIC AUTHORITY OF HAGGAI AND ZECHARIAH
Chapter 3 THE STYLE AND FORM OF PROPHECY IN HAGGAI AND ZECHARIAH 1-8
Chapter 4 LEADERSHIP IN THE RESTORATION COMMUNITY AND MESSIANISM
Chapter 5 JUDGMENT ON ISRAEL AND THE PUNISHMENT OF THE NATION
Chapter 6 ISRAEL, YAHWEH AND THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD
Chapter 7 CONCLUSION
Bibliography
Index of References
Index of Authors
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