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This book draws together two current issues in Old Testament study: canonical analysis and the minor prophets. G. Michael O'Neal applies the canonical approach of Brevard S. Childs to the book of Habakkuk, resulting not only in an evaluation of Childs's method, but also providing new insights into the canonical shape and theological message of Habakkuk. The findings of textual, historical, literary, formal, and redactional criticisms inform the study. However, O'Neal goes beyond these findings to ascertain the canonical shape of Habakkuk and to illustrate how this shape informs an understanding of the book's theological message.

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« The vrophetic voice in the book of Habakkuk has sometimes been described as perplexed, because of the difficulty of understanding the ways of God in history. Regardless of the mind of the prophet, the small hook has been perplexing/or commentators because of its numerous problems of text and exegesis. G. Michael 0 'Neal has cut through the tangle of interpretative questions with a critical and positive application of canonical criticism. The serious reader willjind a comprehensive study of the book and its message, written in a style that is not bard to read. The literature on Habakkuk has grown in recent years, and O'Neal's book belongs among the best efforts to interpret the hook. I would recommend 'Interpreting Habakkuk as Scripture'to any interested reader. -- Marvin E. Tate

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The Author: G. Michael O'Neal is Pastor of Hurstbourne Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, and Adjunct Professor of Scripture and Interpretation at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He earned his Ph.D. in Old Testament Theology from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.

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