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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...

on the social location of the prophet Nahum, like that of the geographical location of Elkosh, are little more than scholarly guesses. When it comes to facts, we know almost nothing about the personal life and ministry of Nahum. Nineveh was the capital of Assyria at its height, from the reign of Sennacherib to its destruction in 612 BCE. It was not the capital of Assyria in the days of Jeroboam II, the historical setting of Jonah, who is also associated with Nineveh. Moreover, there was never a time
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