Table of Contents
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, G?ran 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