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This anthology of 40 essays illuminates key issues of the interpretation of the twelve Minor Prophets of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Designed to be used by students and researchers, it orients readers to these often-neglected biblical texts and their varied interpretation in the past and in present.
Table des matières
- Abbreviations
- Contributors
- Overview: Approaching The Minor Prophets, Julia M. O'brien
- Part 1: Historical Considerations: Who/What Are The Minor Prophets?
- A. Prophets And Prophetic Books
- 1. From "Historical" Prophets To Prophetic Books, Ehud Ben Zvi
- 2. The Dating Of Prophetic Books And The Persian Period "Turn", Jason Radine
- 3. One Book Or Twelve Books?, Anna Sieges
- B. Manuscripts And Versions
- 4. Textual History Of The Minor Prophets: Hebrew Manuscripts And Versions, W. Edward Glenny
- 5. The Minor Prophets In The Judean Desert Manuscripts, Mika S. Pajunen
- Part 2: Literary Considerations: How Do The Minor Prophets "Speak?"
- A. Style
- 6. Genres And Forms In The Minor Prophets, Michael H. Floyd
- 7. Metaphor In The Minor Prophets, Carol J. Dempsey, OP
- B. Themes
- 8. God In The Book Of The Twelve, James Nogalski
- 9. Cult And Temple In The Minor Prophets, Göran Eidevall
- 10. The Nations In The Minor Prophets, Daniel C. Timmer
- 11. The Future In The Twelve, Mark J. Boda
- 12. The Problem Of "Justice" As Social Criticism In The Twelve Prophets, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher
- 13. Violence In The Minor Prophets, Nicholas R. Werse
- C. Intertexts
- 14. The Minor Prophets' Relation To The Torah And Former Prophets, Rannfrid I. Thelle
- 15. The Relationship Of The Minor Prophets And The Major Prophets, Steed Vernyl Davidson
- 16. The Relation Of The Minor Prophets To The Wisdom Tradition(S), John L. Mclaughlin
- Part 3: Interpreting The Minor Prophets: How Have Readers Engaged The Minor Prophets?
- A. History Of Interpretation
- 17. The Minor Prophets In Early Judaism, Malka Z. Simkovich
- 18. The Minor Prophets In Early Christianity, Michael B. Shepherd
- 19. The Minor Prophets In Islam, Bannon Wheeler
- 20. The Minor Prophets And The Book Of The Twelve In Late-Eighteenth Through Early-Twenty-First Century, Research, Marvin A. Sweeney
- 21. The Twelve Minor Prophets In Art And Music, John F. A. Sawyer
- B. Contemporary Academic Perspectives
- 22. Reading The Minor Prophets For Gender And Sexuality, Susanne Scholz
- 23. Race And Intersectionality In Study Of The Minor Prophets, Stacy Davis
- 24. Historical Economics And The Minor Prophets, Jason M. Silverman
- 25. Postcolonial Approaches To The Minor Prophets, Jeremiah W. Cataldo
- C. The Minor Prophets In The Modern World
- 26. The Minor Prophets In Jewish Life Today, Rabbi Stephen Lewis Fuchs
- 27. The Minor Prophets In Christianity: Habakkuk As Model For Post-Traumatic Christian Prophetic Preaching, Kimberly R. Wagner And Brady Alan Beard
- 28. The Minor Prophets In Modern Culture, Mark Mcentire
- Part 4: The Books Of The Minor Prophets: What Are The Structure, Themes, And Contested Issues Of The Books?
- 29. Hosea, Stuart A. Irvine
- 30. Joel, Anselm C. Hagedorn
- 31. Amos, J. Blake Couey
- 32. Obadiah, Bob Becking
- 33. Jonah, Vanessa Lovelace
- 34. Micah, Rainer Kessler
- 35. Nahum, Bo H. Lim
- 36. Habakkuk, Grace Ko
- 37. Zephaniah, Cat Quine
- 38. Haggai, John R. Barker, OFM
- 39. Zechariah, Paul L. Redditt
- 40. Malachi, Aaron Schart
- Indices
A propos de l'auteur
Julia M. O'Brien is Paul H. and Grace L. Stern Professor of Hebrew Bible at Lancaster Theological Seminary in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Résumé
This anthology of 40 essays illuminates key issues of the interpretation of the twelve Minor Prophets of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Designed to be used by students and researchers, it orients readers to these often-neglected biblical texts and their varied interpretation in the past and in present.
