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Minor
Prophets

PART 2

MICHAEL H. FLOYD

The Forms of the Old Testament Literature
VOLUME XXII
Rolf P. Knierim, Gene M. Tucker, and Marvin A. Sweeney, editors

William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Grand Rapids, Michigan / Cambridge, U.K.

© 2000 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Floyd, Michael H.
Minor Prophets. Part 2/Michael H. Floyd.
p. cm. (The Forms of the Old Testament literature: v. 22)
ISBN 0-8028-4452-9 (pbk.)
1. Bible. O.T. Minor Prophets—Criticism, Form.
I. Title. II. Series.
BS1560.F56 2000
224′.90663—dc21 99–29802

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Contents

Abbreviations and Symbols

Editors’ Foreword

Author’s Preface

NAHUM

Chapter 1
The Book as a Whole

Chapter 2
The Superscription (1:1)

Chapter 3
The First Major Section of the Book
(1:2–2:11 [RSV 1:2–2:10])
and Its Individual Units

Chapter 4
The Second Major Section of the Book (1:12–3:19
[RSV 2:11–3:19]) and Its Individual Units

HABAKKUK

Chapter 1
The Book as a Whole

Chapter 2
The Superscription (1:1)

Chapter 3
The First Major Section of the Book
(1:2–17) and Its Individual Units

Chapter 4
The Second Major Section of the Book
(2:1–20) and Its Individual Units

Chapter 5
The Third Major Section of the Book
(3:1–19)

ZEPHANIAH

Chapter 1:
The Book as a Whole

Chapter 2
The Superscription (1:1)

Chapter 3
The First Major Section of the Book
(1:2–18) and Its Individual Units

Chapter 4
The Second Major Section of the Book
(2:1–3:13) and Its Individual Units

Chapter 5
The Third Major Section of the Book
(3:14–20) and Its Individual Units

HAGGAI

Chapter 1
The Book as a Whole

Chapter 2
The Individual Units

ZECHARIAH

Chapter 1
The Book as a Whole

Chapter 2
The First Major Section of the Book (1:1–6)

Chapter 3
The Second Major Section of the Book
(1:7–6:15) and Its Individual Units

Chapter 4
The Third Major Section of the Book
(7:1–8:23) and Its Individual Units

Chapter 5
The Fourth Major Section of the Book
(9:1–11:17) and Its Individual Units

Chapter 6
The Fifth Major Section of the Book
(12:1–14:21) and Its Individual Units

MALACHI

Chapter 1
The Book as a Whole

Chapter 2
The Superscription (1:1)

Chapter 3
The Introduction (1:2–5)

Chapter 4
The First Major Section of the Book
(1:6–2:16) and Its Individual Units

Chapter 5
The Second Major Section of the Book
(2:17–3:24 (RSV 2:17–4:16)

Glossary

Genres

Formulas

Abbreviations and Symbols

I. MISCELLANEOUS ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS

bce Before the Common Era

cf. confer (compare)

ch(s). chapter(s)

contd. continued

Diss. Dissertation

ed. editor(s), edited by; edition

e.g. exempli gratia (for example)

esp. especially

et al. et alii (and others)

fasc. fascicle

Fest. Festschrift

idem the same

i.e. id est (that is)

lit. literally

LXX Septuagint

ms(s). manuscript(s)

MT Masoretic Text

n(n). note(s)

p(p). page(s)

repr. reprint(ed)

rev. revised

Tiq soph Tiqqun sopherim

tr. translator(s), translated by

v(v). verse(s)

vol(s). volume(s)

the ...

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FOTL Minor 2

About Minor Prophets, Part 2

In this volume Floyd presents a complete form-critical analysis of the last six books in the Minor Prophets: Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. By looking carefully at the literary genre and internal structure of each book, Floyd uncovers the literary conventions that help shape the composition of these prophetic books in their final form. His approach yields fresh views of how the parts of each book fit together to make up the whole—particularly with respect to Nahum, Haggai, and Malachi—and provides a basis for reconsidering how each book is historically related to the time of the prophet for whom it is named. This work will be useful to scholars because it advances the discussion regarding the holistic reading of prophetic books, and useful to pastors and students because it shows how analysis of literary form can lead to a more profound understanding of the messages of the Minor Prophets.

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