Covenant Continuity and Fidelity: A Study of Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Malachi

Cover\nHalfTitle\nTitle\nCopyright\nDedication\nContents\nAcknowledgements\nPreface\nAbbreviations\nChapter 1 Introduction: The Core of Malachi’s Imagination\n	1.1. Covenant in Malachi\n	1.2. Previous Research on Covenant Themes in Malachi\n	1.3. Inner-Biblical Interpretation: The Core of Malachi’s Imagination\n	1.4. Previous Research on Inner-Biblical Connections in Malachi\n	1.5. Justification for the Present Study\n	1.6. Outline of the Present Study\n	1.7. Text of Malachi\nChapter 2 Methodology\n	2.1. Introduction\n	2.2. Literary Features\n	2.3. Structure\n	2.4. Historical Context\n	2.5. Inner-Biblical Interpretation\nChapter 3 ‘I have loved you’: Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Relation to the Patriarchal Covenant (Malachi 1.2-5)\n	3.1. Translation\n	3.2. Text-Critical Issues\n	3.3. Structure and Theme\n	3.4. The Patriarchal Covenant\n	3.5. Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis\n	3.6. Excursus: History of Edom\n	3.7. Conclusion\nChapter 4 ‘I will curse your blessings’: Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Relation to the Levitical Covenant (Malachi 1.6–2.9)\n	4.1. Translation\n	4.2. Text-Critical Issues\n	4.3. Structure and Theme\n	4.4. The Levitical Covenant\n	4.5. Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis\n	4.6. Conclusion\nChapter 5 ‘Did he not make them one?’: Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Relation to the Marriage Covenant (Malachi 2.10-16)\n	5.1. Translation\n	5.2. Text-Critical Issues\n	5.3. Structure and Theme\n	5.4. The Mosaic Covenant and the Marriage Covenant\n	5.5. Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis\n	5.6. Conclusion\nChapter 6 ‘Who can endure the day of his coming?’: Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Relation to the New Covenant (Malachi 2.17–3.6)\n	6.1. Translation\n	6.2. Text-Critical Issues\n	6.3. Structure and Theme\n	6.4. The New Covenant\n	6.5. Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis\n	6.6. Conclusion\nChapter 7 ‘If I will not open the windows of heaven’: Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Relation to the Mosaic Covenant (Malachi 3.7-12)\n	7.1. Translation\n	7.2. Text-Critical Issues\n	7.3. Structure and Theme\n	7.4. The Mosaic Covenant\n	7.5. Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis\n	7.6. Conclusion\nChapter 8 ‘They will be my special possession’: Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Relation to Covenant Renewal (Malachi 3.13-21[4.3])\n	8.1. Translation\n	8.2. Text-Critical Issues\n	8.3. Structure and Theme\n	8.4. Covenant Renewal\n	8.5. Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis\n	8.6. Conclusion\nChapter 9 ‘Turning hearts’: Covenant Continuity and Fidelity (Malachi 3.22-24[4.4-6])\n	9.1. Introduction\n	9.2. Translation\n	9.3. Text-Critical Issues\n	9.4. Compositional History: Original or Late Addition to Malachi?\n	9.5. Purpose: Internal or External to Malachi?\n	9.6. Arguments for Late Addition\n	9.7. Assessment of Arguments for Late Addition\n	9.8. Covenant Continuity and Fidelity\n	9.9. Conclusion\nChapter 10 Conclusion: ‘For I, Yhwh, do not change’\n	10.1. Overview\n	10.2. Types of Malachi’s Inner-Biblical Interpretation\n	10.3. Interpretive Significance of Malachi’s Inner-Biblical Interpretation\n	10.4. Conclusion\nBibliography\nIndex of References\nIndex of Authors