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This work represents a significant breakthrough in the study of Hebrew prosody with important implications for understanding the formation of the canon of the Hebrew Bible. Duane Christensen, a renowned biblical scholar, offers a detailed analysis of the Hebrew text of Nahum and demonstrates the intricate literary structure and high poetic quality of the work. Nahum is a book about God’s...

Spronk concludes that it is not necessary to assume a double heading in Nahum 1:1, for in this example the heading also combines a reference to the contents of the oracle with a reference to the way in which it was received, followed by the name of the writer. The nature of the two-part heading in Nahum, however, is more complex than Spronk has seen (see discussion in the following “Comment” section). The word Nahum (naḥûm) means “showing consolation, compassionated,” and the books of Nahum and
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