Overview

"""The Book of Twelve Minor Prophets"" is one of the most loved, discussed and influential parts of the Bible. This work presents the history of interpretation of the ""Book of Twelve Minor Prophets"" and demonstrates its relevance."

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Author:   Sean P. Kealy
Publisher:   The Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
Imprint:   Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
ISBN:  

9780773447158

ISBN 10:   0773447156
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   June 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Hosea: Break your heart for the unfaithful - God does! ; 2. Joel: Beat your ploughshares into swords. (4:10); 3. Amos: You should have known better'; 4. Obadiah: The pride of your heart has deceived you (V.3); 5. Jonah: The Runaway Prophet: What right do you have to be angry? (4:4); 6. Micah: An Invitation to Your Own Trial'; 7. Nahum: Nineveh is like a pool/whose waters escape/ stop! stop! /but none turns back (2:9); 8. Habakkuk: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord (3:18); 9. Zephaniah: The coming Day of Yahweh: Dies irae, dies illa (1:15-16); 10. Haggai: What's going on? You have been back twenty years! ; 11. Zechariah: Even those who were scornful on that day of small beginnings shall rejoice... (4:10); 12. Malachi: I have loved you... but you say How have you loved us? (1:2).

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"""... a very useful introduction to the Twelve Minor Prophets... sketches the way the books have been received from ancient to modern times."" - Prof. John J. Collins Yale Divinity School ""... Kealy uses his theological acumen to bring these biblical books to the fore... The reader not only learns the historical background, literary character, and theological message of each of these prophetic works but also learns a lot about how they have been interpreted over the centuries."" - Fr. Don Senior, President Catholic Theological Union"""

... a very useful introduction to the Twelve Minor Prophets... sketches the way the books have been received from ancient to modern times. - Prof. John J. Collins Yale Divinity School ... Kealy uses his theological acumen to bring these biblical books to the fore... The reader not only learns the historical background, literary character, and theological message of each of these prophetic works but also learns a lot about how they have been interpreted over the centuries. - Fr. Don Senior, President Catholic Theological Union

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