Reading and Hearing the Book of the Twelve (Classroom Resource Materials)

Cover......Page 1
READING AND HEARING THE BOOK OF THE TWELVE......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 6
Background......Page 8
Overview......Page 11
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 18
Part One: READING THE BOOK OF THE TWELVE......Page 20
1. David L. Petersen: A Book of the Twelve?......Page 22
Scribal Practice......Page 23
Order......Page 24
Formation......Page 26
Literary Features......Page 27
2. Paul L. Redditt: The Production and Reading of the Book of the Twelve......Page 30
Why Is There a Book of the Twelve?......Page 33
How Has the Book of the Twelve Been Read?......Page 44
What Benefits Accrue from Reading the Twelve as a Whole?......Page 52
3. Aaron Schart: Reconstructing the Redaction History of the Twelve Prophets: Problems and Models......Page 53
The Book of the Twelve as a Redactional Unit......Page 54
The Order of the Writings......Page 56
The Global Structure of the Twelve......Page 57
Models for the Redaction History of the Book of the Twelve......Page 60
Hermeneutical Implications......Page 65
Sequence: A Clue for Conceptualizing the Book of the Twelve......Page 68
Reading the Sequences of the LXX and MT......Page 75
Conclusions......Page 81
Recent Studies: Evaluating Models......Page 84
The Contribution of Manuscript Evidence......Page 87
Evidence from Postbiblical Interpretation......Page 89
6. Rolf Rendtorff: How to Read the Book of the Twelve as a Theological Unity......Page 94
Individuality, Chronology, and Themes......Page 95
The Day of the LORD in Joel......Page 97
The Day of the LORD in Amos, Obadiah, and Jonah......Page 99
The Day of the LORD in Nahum, Habakkuk, and Zephaniah......Page 102
The Day of the LORD in Malachi 3......Page 104
Summary......Page 105
Part Two: HEARING THE BOOK OF THE TWELVE......Page 108
Introduction......Page 110
What Kind of "Book" Is the Twelve?......Page 111
Dovetailing Genres from Hosea to Joel to Amos......Page 113
The Recurring Fertility Language of Joel......Page 119
The Day of YHWH and Theodicy in Joel......Page 123
Joel's Paradigm of History......Page 124
8. John D. W. Watts: Superscriptions and Incipits in the Book of the Twelve......Page 129
Superscriptions in Composition and Redaction......Page 130
Superscriptions and Incipits in the Book of the Twelve......Page 131
Levels......Page 132
Incipits......Page 136
Three Levels......Page 139
Conclusions......Page 141
9. Paul R. House: The Character of God in the Book of the Twelve......Page 144
Methodology......Page 145
Textual Analysis......Page 147
Summary of the Characterization of God in the Twelve......Page 163
10. Mark E. Riddle: "Israel" and "Jacob" in the Book of Micah: Micah in the Context of the Twelve......Page 165
"(House of) Jacob and (House of) Israel" in the Core Collection......Page 168
"Remnant of Israel" and "Remnant of Jacob" in the Eschatological/Zion Composition of Micah 4-5......Page 173
Conclusions......Page 182
Introduction......Page 185
Review of the Scholarship......Page 187
Zephaniah 3:14-20......Page 191
Zephaniah 3:14-20 and the Book of the Twelve......Page 200
Conclusion......Page 202
Introduction......Page 204
The Nature of Coherence......Page 205
Coherence in the Book of Micah......Page 206
Coherence in the Book of the Twelve......Page 216
The Nature of Coherence in the Twelve Minor Prophets as a Unit......Page 218
Coherence in Micah and the Twelve: Comparison and Implications......Page 219
A Random Case Study......Page 222
Suggestions and Reflections......Page 223
13. John D. W. Watts: A Frame for the Book of the Twelve: Hosea 1-3 and Malachi......Page 228
The Relation of Hosea 1-3 to Malachi......Page 229
The Effect of the Frame......Page 231
Change or No Change in YHWH?......Page 233
Conclusion......Page 234
HEBREW BIBLE......Page 238
OTHER ANCIENT TEXTS......Page 250
Index of Authors Cited......Page 252