Perspectives on the Formation of the Book of the Twelve: Methodological Foundations - Redactional Processes - Historical Insights

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Perspectives on the Formation of the Book of the Twelve

Methodological Foundations - Redactional Processes - Historical Insights

Edited by: Rainer Albertz , James D. Nogalski and Jakob Wöhrle

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2012

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Volume 433 | Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft

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The formation of the Book of the Twelve is one of the most vigorously debated subjects in Old Testament studies today. This volume assembles twenty-four essays by the world’s leading experts, providing an overview of the present state of scholarship in the field. The book’s contributors focus on questions of method, history, as well as redactional and textual history.

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Rainer Albertz, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster; James D. Nogalski, Baylor University, Waco, TX, USA; Jakob Wöhrle, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster.

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	v
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	vii
Methodological Issues
So Many Cross-References! Methodological Reflections on the Problem of Intertextual Relationships and their Significance for Redaction Critical Analysis JAKOB WÖHRLE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	3
Synchronic and Diachronic Concerns in Reading the Book of the Twelve Prophets MARVIN A. SWEENEY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	21
The Case of Edom in the Book of the Twelve: Methodological Reflections on Synchronic and Diachronic Analysis RUTH SCORALICK Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	35
Editorial Issues
Hosea in the Book of the Twelve ROMAN VIELHAUER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	55
The Function of the Book of Joel for Reading the Twelve JÖRG JEREMIAS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	77
Not Just another Nation: Obadiah’s Placement in the Book of the Twelve JAMES D. NOGALSKI Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	89
The Jonah–Narrative within the Book of the Twelve AARON SCHART Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	109
The Book of Micah – the Theological Center of the Book of the Twelve? BURKARD M. ZAPFF Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	129
Three Minor Prophets and the Major Empires: Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives on Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah WALTER DIETRICH Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	147
Time and Situational Reference in the Book of Haggai: On Religious- and Theological-Historical Contextualizations of Redactional Processes MARTIN LEUENBERGER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	157
From Cores to Corpus: Considering the Formation of Haggai and Zechariah 1–8 MARTIN HALLASCHKA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	171
The Mas´ot Triptych and the Date of Zechariah 9–14: Issues in the Latter Formation of the Book of the Twelve BYRON G. CURTIS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	191
Redactional Connectors in Zechariah 9–14 PAUL L. REDDITT Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	207
The Unity of Malachi and Its Relation to the Book of the Twelve RAINER KESSLER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	223
Rattling the Bones of the Twelve: Wilderness Reflections in the Formation of the Book of the Twelve ROY E. GARTON Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	237
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 MARK E. BIDDLE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	253
Jerusalem – City of God for Israel and for the Nations in Zeph 3:8, 9–10, 11–13 JUDITH GÄRTNER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	269
Historical Issues
Deuteronomistic Redaction of the Book of the Four and the Origins of Israel’s Wrongs JASON RADINE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	287
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 RAINER ALBERTZ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	303
Diaspora or no Diaspora? Some Remarks on the Role of Egypt and Babylon in the Book of the Twelve ANSELM C. HAGEDORN Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	319
The Book of the Twelve and “The Great Assembly” in History and Tradition MARK LEUCHTER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	337
Issues Concerning the Canon
Verbal and Thematic Links between the Books of the Twelve in Greek and their Relevance to the Differing Manuscript Sequences JENNIFER DINES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	355
The Sequence of Malachi 3:22–24 in the Greek and Hebrew Textual Traditions: Implications for the Redactional History of the Minor Prophets RUSSELL FULLER Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	371
“Aligned” or “Non-Aligned”? The Textual Status of the Qumran Cave 4 Manuscripts of the Minor Prophets HANNE VON WEISSENBERG Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	381
Appendix
Scripture Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	397
Author Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	409

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June 14, 2012

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10

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414

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110283761

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Old Testament; Book of the Twelve; Prophecies; Redaction Criticism; Twelve Minor Prophets

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