Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries

Volume 28

General Editor: Donald J. Wiseman

Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi

An Introduction and Commentary

Joyce G. Baldwin

Inter-Varsity Press, England

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Nottingham NG7 3HR, England

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© Joyce G. Baldwin 1972

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First published 1972

Reprinted in this format 2009

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

UK ISBN: 978-1-84474-362-9

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Baldwin, Joyce G.

Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi: an introduction and commentary / Joyce G. Baldwin.

p. cm.—(Tyndale Old Testament commentaries; v. 28)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8308-4228-5 (pbk.: alk. paper)

1. Bible. O.T. Haggai—Commentaries. 2. Bible. O.T. Zechariah—Commentaries. 3. Bible. O.T. Malachi—Commentaries. I. Title.

BS1655.3.B34

224/.97/07—dc22

72075980

US ISBN: 978-0-8308-4228-5

CONTENTS

General preface

Author’s preface

Chief abbreviations

General Introduction

Background to restoration

Theological significance of the temple

Messianic hopes

HAGGAI

Introduction

The prophet

His book

His message

Analysis

Commentary

Additional notes

‘The Lord of hosts’

‘The day that the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid’ (Haggai 2:18)

ZECHARIAH

Introduction

Authorship

Literary genre

Structure

Text

Analysis

Commentary

Additional notes

The divine jealousy

Zechariah’s horses

‘The burden of the word of the Lord’ (Zechariah 9:1)

MALACHI

Introduction

The prophet

His book

His message

Analysis

Commentary

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About Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi: An Introduction and Commentary

Three neglected but important prophets receive a fresh and penetrating analysis in this introduction and commentary. For each prophet’s work, Joyce Baldwin first considers the general issues of author, text and message, then offers a passage-by-passage commentary. “Considerable attention has been given in the book to background material, and proper consideration is accorded to the views of those from whom the author differs,” writes reviewer R. K. Harrison. “In expounding the text, Baldwin produces evidence of balanced scholarship and a high degree of spiritual insight.”

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