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List of contents
List of Illustrations x
Series Editors' Preface xii
Preface xiv
Acknowledgments xvi
Abbreviations xx
I Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah 1
Jin H. Han Introduction 3 The Three Among the Twelve 3
The Manner of Presentation 5
1 Nahum 6 Nahum in Literature 9
Nahum in the Arts 11
Nahum in Worship 14
Nahum 1: The Avenging God 15
Nahum 2: Destruction of Nineveh 27
Nahum 3: Woe Oracle against the City of Bloodshed 30
2 Habakkuk 36 Habakkuk in Literature 38
Habakkuk in the Arts 42
Habakkuk in Worship 47
Habakkuk 1: The Prophet's Lament and God's Reply 50
Habakkuk 2: God's Counsel of Faith and Woe Oracles 58
Habakkuk 3: The Prophet's Prayer 73
3 Zephaniah 92 Zephaniah in the Arts 95
Zephaniah and
Dies Irae 96
Zephaniah in Worship 99
Zephaniah 1: The Divine Justice and the Day of the Lord 100
Zephaniah 2: Oracles against the Nations 109
Zephaniah 3: The Remnant of Israel and the Joy of the Lord 114
II Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi 127
Richard Coggins Introduction 129 Linkages 130
4 Haggai 135 Haggai 1 140
Haggai 2 142
5 Zechariah 150 Zechariah 1 152
Zechariah 2 154
Zechariah 3-4 157
Zechariah 5 162
Zechariah 6 164
Zechariah 7 167
Zechariah 8 167
Zechariah 9-14 169
Zechariah 11-13 177
Zechariah 14 183
6 Malachi 186 Malachi 1 188
Malachi 2 193
Malachi 3 195
Malachi 4 198
Glossary 202
Brief Biographies 206
Bibliography 214
Online Sources (Select) 248
Index of Biblical References 251
Index of Names and Subjects 262
About the author
Richard Coggins (1929?2017) was one of the most respected Old Testament scholars based at the Department of Theology, Kings College London. He was a past President of the Society for Old Testament Study and co-author with J. L. Houlden of the ground-breaking
Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation (1992). He authored numerous works including
Introducing the Old Testament (2001).
Jin H. Han is Professor of Biblical Studies at New York Theological Seminary, New York, where he has taught Old Testament and biblical Hebrew since 1992. He is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA). He is the author of
Daniel's Spiel: Apocalyptic Literacy in the Book of Daniel (2007). He also serves as Editor-in-Chief of
The Living Pulpit, an online journal.
