Tchavdar S. Hadjiev

Joel, Obadiah, Habakkuk, Zephaniah (eBook, ePUB)

An Introduction and Study Guide

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Tchavdar S. Hadjiev introduces students to the books of Joel, Obadiah, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah (the Minor Prophets) in their original historical contexts and to the issues surrounding their composition and interpretation.

Hadjiev pays particular attention to important topics such as eschatology, prophecy and cult, intertextuality, theodicy and the genre of the prophetic book. Readers will come to grips with the key themes of judgment, repentance, and salvation in relation to their historical and canonical contexts. Finally, Hadjiev provides a theological evaluation of the prophetic attitude to foreigners and the vision of their final destruction, which is pervasive in Joel, Obadiah, Habakkuk and Zephaniah, and helps readers to grapple with this theme in a modern context.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780567680471
• Artikelnr.: 58391924

Autorenporträt

Tchavdar S. Hadjiev is a Lecturer in Old Testament at Belfast Bible College and the Institute of Theology, Queen's University Belfast, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Abbreviations Introduction: 1 Joel, Obadiah, Habakkuk, Zephaniah and the
book of the Twelve 6 Part One Joel 2 Reading Joel as a composite literary
work: The structure and unity of the book 3 The contexts of Joel:
Historical, literary and canonical 4 The setting and genre of Joel 5
Locusts, armies and the Day of the Lord in the book of Joel Part Two
Obadiah 6 The composition and unity of the book of Obadiah 7 The historical
background of Obadiah 8 The genre, setting and purpose of Obadiah 9 Edom
and the image of the other Part Three Habakkuk 10 Interpretation problems
in the book of Habakkuk 11 The righteous and the wicked: The contexts and
meaning of Habakkuk 1-2 12 The prayer of Habakkuk (chapter 3) 13 Theodicy,
empire and violence: Reflections on the theology of Habakkuk Part Four
Zephaniah 14 The genre and structures of the book of Zephaniah 15 Zephaniah
the prophet 16 Zephaniah's oracles against the nations and the composition
of 1.1-3.8 17 Zephaniah's message of hope (3.9-20) and the canonical shape
of the book Bibliography Index