Rattling the Bones of the Twelve: Wilderness Reflections in the Formation of the Book of the Twelve

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface v
3. Contents vii
4. Methodological Issues
5. So Many Cross-References! Methodological Reflections on the Problem of Intertextual Relationships and their Significance for Redaction Critical Analysis 3
6. Synchronic and Diachronic Concerns in Reading the Book of the Twelve Prophets 21
7. The Case of Edom in the Book of the Twelve: Methodological Reflections on Synchronic and Diachronic Analysis 35
8. Editorial Issues
9. Hosea in the Book of the Twelve 55
10. The Function of the Book of Joel for Reading the Twelve 77
11. Not Just another Nation: Obadiah’s Placement in the Book of the Twelve 89
12. The Jonah–Narrative within the Book of the Twelve 109
13. The Book of Micah – the Theological Center of the Book of the Twelve? 129
14. Three Minor Prophets and the Major Empires: Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives on Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah 147
15. Time and Situational Reference in the Book of Haggai: On Religious- and Theological-Historical Contextualizations of Redactional Processes 157
16. From Cores to Corpus: Considering the Formation of Haggai and Zechariah 1–8 171
17. The Mas´ot Triptych and the Date of Zechariah 9–14: Issues in the Latter Formation of the Book of the Twelve 191
18. Redactional Connectors in Zechariah 9–14 207
19. The Unity of Malachi and Its Relation to the Book of the Twelve 223
20. Rattling the Bones of the Twelve: Wilderness Reflections in the Formation of the Book of the Twelve 237
21. Dominion Comes to Jerusalem: An Examination of Developments in the Kingship and Zion Traditions as Reflected in the Book of the Twelve with Particular Attention to Micah 4–5 253
22. Jerusalem – City of God for Israel and for the Nations in Zeph 3:8, 9–10, 11–13 269
23. Historical Issues
24. Deuteronomistic Redaction of the Book of the Four and the Origins of Israel’s Wrongs 287
25. The History of Judah and Samaria in the Late Persian and Hellenistic Periods as a Possible Background of the Later Editions of the Book of the Twelve 303
26. Diaspora or no Diaspora? Some Remarks on the Role of Egypt and Babylon in the Book of the Twelve 319
27. The Book of the Twelve and “The Great Assembly” in History and Tradition 337
28. Issues Concerning the Canon
29. Verbal and Thematic Links between the Books of the Twelve in Greek and their Relevance to the Differing Manuscript Sequences 355
30. The Sequence of Malachi 3:22–24 in the Greek and Hebrew Textual Traditions: Implications for the Redactional History of the Minor Prophets 371
31. “Aligned” or “Non-Aligned”? The Textual Status of the Qumran Cave 4 Manuscripts of the Minor Prophets 381
32. Appendix
33. Scripture Index 397
34. Author Index 409