Zephaniah

Sweeney, Marvin A.

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“…Other commentaries on individual books provide extensive discussion of text and translation questions. These include Fabry’s commentary on Nahum (2006) and Irsigler’s volume on Zephaniah (2002) in Herders Theologischer Kommentar zum Alten Testament, Christensen’s contribution on Nahum (2009), Andersen’s volume on Habakkuk (2001) in the Anchor Bible/Anchor Yale Bible series, and Sweeney’s volume on Zephaniah (2003) in the Hermeneia series. These works follow the pattern that emerged in the 1990s of either choosing to follow the MT exclusively (Andersen, Christensen) or limiting emendation of the MT to variants attested in extant manuscripts.…”

Section: Text and Translationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Its superscription attributes the prophecy to the reign of King Josiah. Sweeney (2003) offers a synchronic analysis of the current form of the book and characterizes it as a paranetic address to seek Yahweh (2.1–3.20) based upon the prophet’s announcement of the imminent day of Yahweh (1.2-18). The content of the book and the paranetic form suggest a time early in the period of reforms under Josiah, urging support for the reforms as an urgent moment of personal and national crisis (Sweeney 2003: 17-18).…”

Section: Historical Setting In the Seventh Century Bcementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Sweeney (2003) offers a synchronic analysis of the current form of the book and characterizes it as a paranetic address to seek Yahweh (2.1–3.20) based upon the prophet’s announcement of the imminent day of Yahweh (1.2-18). The content of the book and the paranetic form suggest a time early in the period of reforms under Josiah, urging support for the reforms as an urgent moment of personal and national crisis (Sweeney 2003: 17-18). Rather than representing a ‘universalistic’ judgment against the nations, the oracles in 2.4-15 against Philistia, Moab, Ammon, Cush, and Assyria represent historical concerns of Judah during the reign of Josiah (121-53).…”

Section: Historical Setting In the Seventh Century Bcementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Exiles were taken both in the destruction of the Northern Kingdom and the Assyrian campaign against Judah in the reign of Hezekiah. The language of restoration could refer to the reform efforts of Josiah couched in the language of Temple ritual (Sweeney 2003: 196-97).…”

Section: Historical Setting In the Seventh Century Bcementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Unlike Irsigler and others, Wöhrle identifies the announcement of universal judgment in 1.2-3 and 17-18 as part of the earliest stage of the book, not a later ‘universal judgment’ layer. Sweeney explained the juxtaposition of judgment on all creation with judgment on Jerusalem specifically as a reflection of Temple theology in which the Temple was seen as a microcosm of creation (2003: 57). Wöhrle explains the combination of universal and local judgment as a result of the likelihood of war as the form that such judgment would take, since warfare brings indiscriminate destruction on all creatures (2006: 222, n. 87).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Seventh-Century Prophets in Twenty-first Century Research

Jones

2016

Currents in Biblical Research

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This article surveys major issues addressed in scholarship on Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah since 2000. Researchers have continued attempts to locate these books more precisely within the historical context of the late seventh century bce. Efforts to trace the literary growth of the books have increased following a decrease in diachronic approaches in the 1990s. Redactional analyses have sought new methodological strategies to supplement the limited historical evidence available for tracking literary growth. Several redactional studies overlap with efforts to describe the editorial history of the Book of the Twelve, although resistance to reading the prophets in this context has also emerged in recent studies. Studies employing literary theory and ideological criticism have sought to balance historically oriented interpretation with attention to more existential concerns. A growing pluralism of methods, aims, and results characterizes the study of the seventh-century prophets in the early twenty-first century.

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Section: Historical Setting In the Seventh Century Bcementioning

confidence: 99%