Table of Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword v
3. Table of Contents vii
4. Introduction ix
5. List of Contributors xvii
6. The Formation of the Book of the Twelve: A Review of Research 1
7. Method
8. The Ties that Bind: Intertextuality, the Identification of Verbal Parallels, and Reading Strategies in the Book of the Twelve 27
9. The Fifth Vision of Amos in Context 46
10. Psalms in the Book of the Twelve: How Misplaced Are They? 72
11. Forming the Twelve and Forming Canon 90
12. Canonical Order
13. God Sows: Hosea’s Land Theme in the Book of the Twelve 104
14. The Place and Function of Joel in the Book of the Twelve 133
15. The Repentance of Nineveh in the Story of Jonah and Nahum’s Prophecy of the City’s Destruction – A Coherent Reading of the Book of the Twelve as Reflected in the Aggada 155
16. The Canonical Location of Habakkuk 165
17. Thematic Threads
18. Theodicy in the Book of the Twelve 175
19. The Day(s) of YHWH in the Book of the Twelve 192
20. Die prophetische Ehemetaphorik und die Bewertung der Prophetie im Zwölfprophetenbuch 214
21. Exile as Purification. Reconstructing the “Book of the Four” 232
22. Futurism in the Preexilic Minor Prophets Compared with That of the Postexilic Minor Prophets 252
23. Haggai-Zechariah: Prophecy after the Manner of Ezekiel 273
24. The Perspective on the Nations in the Book of Micah as a “Systematization” of the Nations’ Role in Joel, Jonah and Nahum? Reflections on a Context-Oriented Exegesis in the Book of the Twelve 292
25. Endings as New Beginnings: Returning to the Lord, the Day of the Lord, and Renewal in the Book of the Twelve 313
26. Works Cited 339
27. Scripture Index 365