The Book of the Twelve

An Anthology of Prophetic Books or The Result of Complex Redactional Processes? Edited by Heiko Wenzel. With a foreword of Georg Fischer, SJ.

The Minor Prophets – One Book or Rather an Anthology? Past decades have witnessed an increasing interest in the Book of the Twelve. James Nogalski and Paul House had been at the forefront of research in this regard in presenting approaches that account for the book as a whole. Meanwhile others like Ehud Ben Zvi have some reservations. This collection of essays discusses the hermeneutical, exegetical and theological significance of these opposing perspectives and explores venues for future research. The impact on reading and reflecting on individual books is of particular interest to the various essays. - Contents: Thomas Renz: Habakkuk and Its Co-Texts. - Christopher R. Seitz: The Unique Achievement of the Book of the Twelve. Neither Redactional Unity Nor Anthology. - Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer: Reading Zechariah's Vision Report in the Book of the Twelve. - Johannes Taschner/Heiko Wenzel: Narrative, Debate, and the Book of the Twelve. - Heiko Wenzel: One or Twelve? Hermeneutics, Expectations, and A Framework for Reading the Twelve. - Hendrik J. Koorevaar: The Twelve and the Fifteen. About the Size, Order, and Relationship inside the Writing Prophets. - Andrew E. Hill: A Theology of Prayer in the Book of the Twelve. 190 Seiten, gebunden (Osnabrücker Studien zur Jüdischen und Christlichen Bibel; Band 4/V&R unipress/Universitätsverlag Osnabrück 2018) leichte Lagerspuren, minimal bestoßen, Mängelexemplarstempel auf Fußschnitt/unused, minor shelfwear, slightly bumped, remainder mark stamp on edge